Vocab 19-21

Question 0

Benevolent

Answer 0

Being kind, charitable, desire to help others

Question 1

Abstinence

Answer 1

To refrain from doing something

Self-restraint

Question 2

Buffoon

Answer 2

To act like an idiot, moron

Question 3

Chicanery

Answer 3

Fraud, cheating; trickery or deception

Question 4

Denizen

Answer 4

A natural inhabitant, native

Question 5

Furor

Answer 5

Uproar, outburst of excitement

Question 6

Glean

Answer 6

To gather bit by bit

Question 7

Malevolent

Answer 7

Bad, evil, harmful; wishing evil on others

Question 8

Obeisance

Answer 8

Act of respect, paying amage to something, bow

Question 9

Papyrus

Answer 9

Ancient paper

Question 10

Scribe

Answer 10

To write for someone

Question 11

Taboo

Answer 11

Going against societal norms

Question 12

Void

Answer 12

Useless, ineffectual, empty, dark

Question 13

Wrath

Answer 13

Fierce anger, vengeance

Question 14

Adjunct

Answer 14

Something added to another thing but nit essential

Question 15

Choleric

Answer 15

Extremely irritable, easily angered

Question 16

Contagious

Answer 16

Easy to spread

Question 17

Ellipse

Answer 17

Oval shaped, curved

Question 18

Emanate

Answer 18

To send forth, emit, poor out of something

Question 19

Evince

Answer 19

To reveal, show, peal back and expose

Question 20

Feasible

Answer 20

Capable of being done, able to happen, possible

Question 21

Gloss

Answer 21

Gaze quickly

Glaze, superficial luster

Question 22

Meticulous

Answer 22

Paying attention to details, methodical, finicky

Question 23

Oscillate

Answer 23

To swing back and forth

Question 24

Saline

Answer 24

Something containing salt

Question 25

Tantalize

Answer 25

To torment with the sight if something desired but out of reach; to tease

Question 26

Tribunal

Answer 26

Governing body of justice that judges something; court of justice

Question 27

Vehement

Answer 27

Impassioned, strength behind words, zealous, passionate

Question 28

Yore

Answer 28

Long time ago

Question 29

Zeal

Answer 29

A lot of enthusiasm

Question 30

Anticlimax

Answer 30

Low point in something, an event that is less striking than expected

Question 31

Conscientious

Answer 31

Overly aware, dedicated to what is right, good, meticulous

Question 32

Countermand

Answer 32

To reverse, contradict, to go against

Question 33

Effusive

Answer 33

Overly dramatic, overflowing

Question 34

Hydraulic

Answer 34

Operated by pressurized liquids

Question 35

Implication

Answer 35

Conclusion drawn by something, naturally understood

Question 36

Ingenious

Answer 36

Original, remarkable

Question 37

Jaded

Answer 37

Tired, bored, lacking enthusiasm after a period of time, dulled by overindulgence

Question 38

Miscreant

Answer 38

Bad person

Question 39

Obsequious

Answer 39

Overly fawning (kiss up), obedient, dutiful

Question 40

Posterity

Answer 40

All descendants of one person

Question 41

Pretentious

Answer 41

Overly snobby, making an exaggerated outward show, ostentatious, characterized by assumption of dignity or importance

Question 42

Profess

Answer 42

To declare openly, to put forth, lay claim to

Question 43

Synthesis

Answer 43

Creation of something from many parts

Question 44

Tenuous

Answer 44

Hanging on by a thin spread, weak

Question 45

Tumultuous

Answer 45

Lots of commotion, disorderly or noisy

Question 46

Prate

Answer 46

To talk a lot, babble, to talk excessively

Question 47

Tacit

Answer 47

Form of communication without using words