Vocab 2

Question 1

Ebullient

Answer 1

Lively and full of enthusiasm or excitement about something

Question 2

Trepidation

Answer 2

Fear or worry about what is going to happen

Question 3

Timorous

Answer 3

Timid, fearful, diffident

Question 4

Paucity

Answer 4

The fact that there is too little of something

Question 5

Deference

Answer 5

Respect and politeness

Question 6

Tantalize

Answer 6

To make someone feel excited or attracted by an offer that is unlikely to happen

Question 7

Craven

Answer 7

Very cowardly

Question 8

Opprobrium

Answer 8

Severe criticism and blame

Question 9

Extol

Answer 9

To praise someone or something very much.

Question 10

Preen

Answer 10

To groom oneself

Question 11

Ruminate

Answer 11

To think carefully and for a long period about something

Question 12

Arrant

Answer 12

Used to say how bad something is

Question 13

Ancillary

Answer 13

Providing support or help

Question 14

Sardonic

Answer 14

Humourous in an unkind way

Question 15

Veritable

Answer 15

Used to describe something as another more exciting or unusual thing.
Used as an intensifier of a quality

Question 16

Contumacious

Answer 16

Insubordinate: rebellious

Question 17

Diffident

Answer 17

Reserved; shy

Question 18

Dirge

Answer 18

Song of grief or lamentation

Question 19

Excoriate

Answer 19

To censure

Question 20

Exégesis

Answer 20

Critical examination

Question 21

Fatuous

Answer 21

Silly; inanely foolish

Question 22

Imbroglio

Answer 22

Difficult or embarrassing situation

Question 23

Ineluctable

Answer 23

Certain, inevitable

Question 24

Mendicant

Answer 24

Beggar; supplicant

Question 25

Sclerotic

Answer 25

Not happening, developing or changing quick enough

Question 26

Pellucid

Answer 26

Transparent

Question 27

Salutary

Answer 27

Remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

Question 28

Sycophant

Answer 28

Parasite, self seeking flatterer

Question 29

Enfranchisement

Answer 29

The fact of giving a person or group text of people the right to vote

Question 30

Folly

Answer 30

The fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, idea, etc.

Question 31

Stoke

Answer 31

To add fuel to a large fire

Question 32

Besmirch

Answer 32

To say bad things about someone

Question 33

Pilloried

Answer 33

To severely criticize someone, especially in a public way

Question 34

Invigorate

Answer 34

To make someone feel fresher, healthier

Question 35

Curtailed

Answer 35

To Stop something before it's finished, or to reduce or limit something

Question 36

Lambasted

Answer 36

To criticize someone severely

Question 37

Forestall

Answer 37

To block something

Question 38

Emaciated

Answer 38

Very thin, usually because of illness or extreme hunger

Question 39

Aplomb

Answer 39

Confidence

Question 40

Confounding

Answer 40

Surprise and confuse someone

Question 41

Chirpy

Answer 41

Happy and active

Question 42

Transient

Answer 42

Lasting only for a short time

Question 43

Scotch

Answer 43

To prevent something from being believed or done

Question 44

Foil

Answer 44

To prevent something or someone from being successful

Question 45

Reticent

Answer 45

Unwilling to speak about thoughts or feelings

Question 46

Begrudging

Answer 46

Done unwillingly

Question 47

Portent

Answer 47

A sign that something bad is likely to happen in the future

Question 48

Protracted

Answer 48

Lasting for a long time or made to last longer than necessary

Question 49

Abridged

Answer 49

Made shorter by having details being removed

Question 50

Inveighing

Answer 50

To stroengly criticize someone