Vocab 2

Question 1

Avocation

Answer 1

A hobby or minor occupation

Question 2

Capricious

Answer 2

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

Question 3

Disparity

Answer 3

A difference in level or treatment, especially one that is seen as unfair

Question 4

Efficacy

Answer 4

The ability to produce a desired or intended result

Question 5

Epistle

Answer 5

A letter

Question 6

Hospice

Answer 6

A home providing care for the sick or terminally ill

Question 7

Impetus

Answer 7

The force or energy with which a body moves

Question 8

moribund

Answer 8

(Of a person) at the point of death

Question 9

Reticent

Answer 9

Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

Question 10

Vacillate

Answer 10

Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions, be indecisive

Question 11

Akin

Answer 11

Of similar nature or character

Question 12

Corroborate

Answer 12

Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)

Question 13

Inexorable

Answer 13

Impossible to stop or prevent

Question 14

Insipid

Answer 14

Lacking favor

Question 15

Nefarious

Answer 15

(Typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal

Question 16

Physiognomy

Answer 16

A person’s facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin

Question 17

Retinue

Answer 17

A group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person

Question 18

Suppliant

Answer 18

A person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority

Question 19

Tedium

Answer 19

The state of being tedious

Question 20

Torrid

Answer 20

Very hot and dry