vocab 2

Question 1

Raconteur

Answer 1

n. a person skilled at telling stories or anecdotes

Question 2

Relegate

(REL uh gayt)

Answer 2

v. to put in a less important position; to banish

Question 3

Sycophant

(SIK uh funt)

Answer 3

n. one who tries to advance himself by flattery; one who sucks up to others

Question 4

Zany

Answer 4

adj. clownish; foolish; funny; absurd

Question 5

Immutable

Answer 5

adj. never changing

Question 6

Bizarre

Answer 6

adj. strikingly odd in appearance or style; grotesque

Question 7

Desecrate

Answer 7

v. to treat with disrespect

Question 8

Heretic

Answer 8

n. a person who upholds religious doctrines contrary to the established beliefs of his church; by extension, heretic may be used to describe a person who holds an unpopular belief

Question 9

Lackluster

Answer 9

adj. lacking brightness; dull; lacking liveliness, vitality, or enthusiasm

Question 10

Saturate

Answer 10

v. to soak through and through; to fill completely

Question 11

Acclaim

Answer 11

n. loud applause; approval

Question 12

Effervescent

Answer 12

adj. Lively; giving off bubbles

Question 13

Expunge

Answer 13

v. to erase; to remove completely

Question 14

Refurbish

Answer 14

v. to freshen or polish again; to make like new

Question 15

Squalid

(SKWAHL id)

Answer 15

adj. Dirty or wretched in appearance ; morally repulsive; sordid

Question 16

Abstinence

Answer 16

n. the giving up of certain pleasures such as food or drink

Question 17

Apocryphal

(uh POK ruh ful)

Answer 17

adj. of doubtful authenticity; counterfeit

Question 18

Cache

(kash)

Answer 18

n. hiding place; something hidden in a hiding place

Question 19

Capitulate

(kuh PICH uh layt)

Answer 19

v. to surrender; to cease resisting

Question 20

Composure

Answer 20

n. calmness