Vocab 18&19

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

give up power, duties, or obligations

Question 2

Aesthetic

Answer 2

characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

Question 3

Anachronistic

Answer 3

chronologically misplaced

Question 4

Boisterous

Answer 4

marked by exuberance and high spirits

Question 5

Brusque

Answer 5

rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

Question 6

Canny

Answer 6

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

Question 7

Capacious

Answer 7

large in the amount that can be contained

Question 8

Conundrum

Answer 8

a difficult problem

Question 9

Convergence

Answer 9

the act of coming closer

Question 10

Digression

Answer 10

a message that departs from the main subject

Question 11

Divergent

Answer 11

tending to move apart in different directions

Question 12

Evanescent

Answer 12

short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear

Question 13

Extenuating

Answer 13

partially excusing or justifying

Question 14

Florid

Answer 14

elaborately or excessively ornamented

Question 15

Forbearance

Answer 15

a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges

Question 16

Fortitude

Answer 16

strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity

Question 17

Fraught

Answer 17

filled with or attended with

Question 18

Hackneyed

Answer 18

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Question 19

Haughty

Answer 19

having or showing arrogant superiority

Question 20

Impute

Answer 20

attribute or credit to

Question 21

Intrepid

Answer 21

invulnerable to fear or intimidation

Question 22

Jubilation

Answer 22

a feeling of extreme joy

Question 23

Mundane

Answer 23

found in the ordinary course of events

Question 24

Nonchalant

Answer 24

marked by casual unconcern or indifference

Question 25

Ostentatious

Answer 25

intended to attract notice and impress others

Question 26

Perfidious

Answer 26

tending to betray

Question 27

Pragmatic

Answer 27

concerned with practical matters

Question 28

Precocious

Answer 28

characterized by exceptionally early development

Question 29

Prosaic

Answer 29

lacking wit or imagination

Question 30

Prudent

Answer 30

marked by sound judgment

Question 31

Reverence

Answer 31

a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

Question 32

Sagacity

Answer 32

the trait of having wisdom and good judgment

Question 33

Superficial

Answer 33

of, affecting, or being on or near the surface

Question 34

Surreptitious

Answer 34

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

Question 35

Vindicate

Answer 35

show to be right by providing justification or proof