Vocab 16-18

Question 1

exodus

Answer 1

n: a departure, usually by a lot of people

Question 2

exotic

Answer 2

adj: foreign

Question 3

expedient

Answer 3

adj: advantageous to one’s interest/purpose
n: an emergency course of action/means to an end
adj: expedient

Question 4

exploit

Answer 4

v: to use to the greatest possible advantage
n: a brilliant/heroic deed
n: exploitation

Question 5

expound

Answer 5

v: to explain in detail
adj: expository
n: exposition

Question 6

fabricate

Answer 6

v: to assemble/construct; to make up w/ the intention of deceiving
n: fabrication

Question 7

facetious

Answer 7

adj: not meant seriously; playful/humorous
n: facetiousness

Question 8

facsimile

Answer 8

n: an exact copy
adj: reproduced exactly

Question 9

fallacy

Answer 9

n: faulty reasoning; a false/mistaken notion

Question 10

fathom

Answer 10

n: unit of length (abt 6 ft)
v: to understand
adj: fathomable

Question 11

fatuous

Answer 11

adj: unconsciously foolish/stupid/absurd
n: fatuity, fatuousness

Question 12

feasible

Answer 12

adj: possible; doable/workable
adj: unfeasible
n: feasibility

Question 13

feign

Answer 13

v: to pretend/give a false appearance of
adj: feigned n: feint

Question 14

felicitous

Answer 14

adj: agreeably suited to the purpose/occasion
n: felicitousness

Question 15

fetish

Answer 15

n: an object believed to have magical powers; an object of excessive attention/reverence

Question 16

fiasco

Answer 16

n: complete failure

Question 17

fickle

Answer 17

adj: likely to change for no reason; inconsistent
n: fickleness

Question 18

filch

Answer 18

v: to steal slyly

Question 19

finess

Answer 19

n: skill/delicacy in doing something/handling a situation
v: to accomplish by subtle/skillful maneuvering

Question 20

flagrant

Answer 20

adj: extremely and deliberately conspicuous; glaring
n: flagrance

Question 21

flaunt

Answer 21

v: to show off

Question 22

flout

Answer 22

v: to treat openly w/ scorn/contempt

Question 23

fluctuate

Answer 23

v: to change continually from one position to another

Question 24

foible

Answer 24

n: a minor, often amusing, fault/weakness in character

Question 25

forestall

Answer 25

v: to secure an advantage/prevent a loss by previous action

Question 26

formidable

Answer 26

adj: arousing fear/admiration bc of size/superiority; difficult to do bc the size of the job involved

Question 27

fortuitous

Answer 27

adj: occurring by chance/accident

Question 28

frugal

Answer 28

adj: thrifty/economical in the use of money; involving little expense n: frugality

Question 29

fulsom

Answer 29

adj: excessive, and thus, offensive to good taste/obviously insincere n: fulsomeness

Question 30

futile

Answer 30

adj: incapable of producing desired result n: futility

Question 31

gape

Answer 31

v: to stare openmouthed in amazement n: gap

Question 32

garble

Answer 32

v: to distort so much that it is unintelligible

Question 33

gloat

Answer 33

v: to regard w/ excessive/malicious satisfaction

Question 34

goad

Answer 34

n: anything that spurs a person on v: to drive/urge on

Question 35

graphic

Answer 35

adj: visual/relating to a drawn representation; vivid/given a clear picture n: graph

Question 36

gratuitous

Answer 36

adj: freely given; uncalled-for/unjustified n: gratuitousness

Question 37

gregarious

Answer 37

adj: social/sociable n: gregariousness

Question 38

grimace

Answer 38

n: a twisted facial expression v: to contort the features of the face

Question 39

grope

Answer 39

v: to feel around uncertainly for

Question 40

grueling

Answer 40

adj: extremely demanding/exhaustin

Question 41

gruesome

Answer 41

adj: causing great shock/horror n: gruesomeness

Question 42

gullible

Answer 42

adj: easily cheated/deceived n: gullibility

Question 43

haggard

Answer 43

adj: worn/exhausted n: haggardness

Question 44

harangue

Answer 44

n: long public address/writing designed to arouse feelings/spur audience into action v: to deliver a harangue

Question 45

harbinger

Answer 45

n: a forerunner v: to herald the approach of