Vocab 2

Question 1

Avocation

Answer 1

(N) A hobby or minor occupation.

Question 2

Capricious

Answer 2

(A) Characterized by impulse or whim. Lacking a rational basis.

Question 3

Disparity

Answer 3

(N) Great difference.

Question 4

Efficacy

Answer 4

(N) The ability to produce a desired/ intended result.

Question 5

Moribund

Answer 5

(A) A person at the point of death.

Question 6

Reticent

Answer 6

(A) Not revealing oneś thoughts or feelings readily.

Question 7

Vacillate

Answer 7

(V) To hesitate in choice of opinions. Indecisive.

Question 8

Corroborate

Answer 8

(V) Support with evidence or authority.

Question 9

Inexorable

Answer 9

(A) Impossible to stop or prevent.

Question 10

Insipid

Answer 10

(A) Lacking flavor, vigor, or interest.

Question 11

Nefarious

Answer 11

(A) (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal.

Question 12

Physiognomy

Answer 12

(N) The art of judging human character from facial features.

Question 13

Suppliant

Answer 13

(N) A person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority.

Question 14

Tedious

Answer 14

(A) Tiresome because of length and dullness; boring.

Question 15

Sultry

Answer 15

(A) (A person, especially a woman) attractive in a way that suggests a passionate nature.