Vocab 1

Question 1

Ambiguous

Answer 1

Doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness

Question 2

Ambivalence

Answer 2

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Question 3

Collude

Answer 3

To work with others secretly, especially to do something illegal or dishonest

Question 4

Denigrate

Answer 4

To say very critical and often unfair things about someone

Question 5

Egregious

Answer 5

Very bad and easily noticed

Question 6

Espouse

Answer 6

To take up and support as a cause: become attached to

Question 7

Garrulous

Answer 7

Pointlessly or annoyingly talkative

Question 8

Guileless

Answer 8

Innocent, naive, without guile

Question 9

Hubris

Answer 9

Exaggerated pride or self confidence

Question 10

Intractable

Answer 10

Not easily managed, controlled, or solved

Question 11

Malign

Answer 11

To utter injuriously misleading or false reports about: speak evil of

Question 12

Protract

Answer 12

To prolong in time or space : to extend outward

Question 13

Salient

Answer 13

Very important or very noticeable

Question 14

Stratagem

Answer 14

A trick or plan for deceiving an enemy or for achieving a goal

Question 15

Surmise

Answer 15

A thought or idea based on scanty evidence