Vocab 10

Question 0

Bombastic

Adjective

Answer 0

Excessively confident, pompous (The singer’s bombastic performance disgusted the crowd.)

Question 1

Abort

Verb

Answer 1

To give up on a half-finished project or effort (after Jeremy ran out of food, the men, attempting to jump rope around the world, had to abort and go home.)

Question 2

Caustic

Adjective

Answer 2

Bitter, biting, acidic (the politicians exchanged caustic insults for over an hour during the debate.)

Question 3

Caucus

Noun

Answer 3

A meeting usually held by people working toward the same goal (the ironworkers held a caucus to determine how much of a pay increase they would request.)

Question 4

Defile

Verb

Answer 4

To make unclean, impure (mike defiled the calm of the religious building by playing his banjo).

Question 5

Elated

Adjective

Answer 5

Overjoyed, thrilled (when Jeremy found out he had won the lottery, the writer was elated.)

Question 6

Fickle

Adjective

Answer 6

Shifting in character, inconstant (in Greek dramas, the fickle gods help Achilles one day, and then harm him the next.)

Question 7

grandiose

Adjective

Answer 7

On a magnificent or exaggerated scale (Mike planned a grandiose part, replete with elephants, trapeze artists, and clowns.)

Question 8

Impinge

Verb 1&2

Answer 8

1) to impact, affect, make an impression (the hail impinged the roof, leaving large dents.) 2) to encroach, infringe (I apologize for impinging upon you like this, but I really need to use mike’s bathroom.)

Question 9

Lethargic

Adjective

Answer 9

In a state of sluggishness of apathy (when mr. Nation’s explained to his boss that he was lethargic and didn’t feel like working that day, the boss fired him.)

Question 10

Meager

Adjective

Answer 10

Deficient in size or quality (David’s meager portion of food did nothing to satisfy David’s appetite.)

Question 11

Nominal

Adjective

Answer 11

Trifling, insignificant (Because he was moving the following week and needed to get rid of his furniture more than he needed money, Jared sold everything for a nominal fee.)

Question 12

Onerous

Adjective

Answer 12

Burdensome (my parents is lamented that the pleasures of living in a beautiful country estate no longer outweighed the onerous mortgage payments.)

Question 13

Paradox

Noun

Answer 13

An apparently contradictory statement that is perhaps true (the diplomat refused to acknowledge the paradox that negotiating a peace treaty would demand more resources than waging war.)

Question 14

Reciprocate

verb

Answer 14

to give in return (when Steve gave Madeline a sweater for Christmas, she reciprocated by giving him a kiss.)