Vocab 16

Question 1

Acerbic(adj)

Answer 1

Having a sour or bitter taste or character;sharp;biting

Question 2

Aggrandise(verb)

Answer 2

To increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige

Question 3

Alchemy ( noun )

Answer 3

A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, especially base metals into gold ( an alchemist is one who practices alchemy

Question 4

Amenable ( adj )

Answer 4

Agreeable; responsive to suggestion

Question 5

Anachronism ( noun )

Answer 5

Something or someone out of place internees of historical or chronological context

Question 6

Astringent ( noun/adj )

Answer 6

Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue

Question 7

Contiguous ( adj )

Answer 7

Sharing a border; touching; adjacent

Question 8

Convention ( noun )

Answer 8

A generally agreed upon practice or attitude

Question 9

Credulous ( noun )

Answer 9

Tending to believe too readily; gullible ( noun - credulity )

Question 10

Cynicism ( noun )

Answer 10

An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness ( adj - cynical )

Question 11

Decorum(noun)

Answer 11

Polite or appropriate conduct or behaviour (adj: derisive, verb: deride)

Question 12

Desiccate (verb)

Answer 12

To dry out or dehydrate ; to make dry or dull

Question 13

Dilettante(noun)

Answer 13

One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

Question 14

Disparage (verb)

Answer 14

To slight or belittle

Question 15

Divulge(verb)

Answer 15

To disclose something secret