Vocab 11 & 12

Question 1

Belie

Answer 1

Verb to misrepresent; contradict

Question 2

Laconic

Answer 2

Using few words adjective

Question 3

Callous

Answer 3

Additive insensitive; and different; Unsympathetic

Question 4

Ignominious

Answer 4

Shameful adj

Question 5

Lugubrious

Answer 5

Adj mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree

Question 6

Tawdry

Answer 6

Agitative of little value, gaudy

Question 7

Imbibe

Answer 7

Verb to receive or absorb into the mind

Question 8

Belabor

Answer 8

Verb to explain or worry about something more than necessary

Question 9

Intransigent

Answer 9

Adj refusing to change position or compromise

Question 10

Sanctimonious

Answer 10

Adj making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness

Question 11

Misanthrope

Answer 11

N- one who hates or mistrusts humankind

Question 12

Obstreperous

Answer 12

Adj noisily and stubbornly defiant

Question 13

Incongruous

Answer 13

Adj incompatible

Question 14

Boorish

Answer 14

Adj unmannered; crude

Question 15

Languish

Answer 15

Verb- to exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions

Question 16

Deride

Answer 16

Verb- to laugh at and scorn or contempt

Question 17

Histrionic

Answer 17

Adj- deliberately over dramatic

Question 18

Equivocate

Answer 18

Verb- to mislead by using ambiguous language

Question 19

Patronizing

Answer 19

Adj- treating in a condescending manner

Question 20

Nondescript

Answer 20

Adj lacking distinctive qualities