Vocab 1 for brave new stupid world

Question 1

Dystopia

Answer 1

Relating to or denoting an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one

Question 2

Abject

Answer 2

experienced or present to the maximum degree.

“his letter plunged her into abject misery”

Question 3

Vivacious

Answer 3

attractively lively and animated

Question 4

Duly

Answer 4

in accordance with what is required or appropriate; following proper procedure or arrangement.
“a document duly signed and authorized by the inspector”

Question 5

Superfluous

Answer 5

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

“the purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information”

Question 6

Cherub

Answer 6

a representation of a cherub in art depicted as a chubby, healthy-looking child with wings.

Question 7

Apoplectic

Answer 7

overcome with anger; extremely indignant

Question 8

Hypnopedia

Answer 8

learning by hearing while asleep or under hypnosis

Question 9

Gratuitous

Answer 9

uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted.

“gratuitous violence”

Question 10

Rudimentary

Answer 10

involving or limited to basic principles.

“he received a rudimentary education”

Question 11

Suppress

Answer 11

forcibly put an end to.

“the uprising was savagely suppressed”

Question 12

Surreptitious

Answer 12

kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

“they carried on a surreptitious affair”

Question 13

Bunk

Answer 13

nonsense.

“anyone with a brain cell would never believe such bunk”

Question 14

Inscrutable

Answer 14

impossible to understand or interpret.

“Guy looked blankly inscrutable”

Question 15

Pneumatic

Answer 15

girls who are rather curvy

Question 16

Flivver

Answer 16

a cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition

Question 17

Smutty

Answer 17

(of talk, writing, or pictures) obscene or lascivious.

“smutty jokes”

Question 18

Conventionality

Answer 18

the quality, fact, or condition of being conventional
conventional behavior or act
a conventional form, usage, or rule

Question 19

Appalling

Answer 19

causing shock or dismay; horrific.
“the cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack”
very bad; awful.
“his conduct was appalling”

Question 20

Chastity

Answer 20

the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse.
“vows of chastity”