Vocab 2

Question 1

Defer

Answer 1

(v.) to postpone

Question 2

jubilant

Answer 2

(adj.) extremely joyful, happy

Question 3

ineffable

Answer 3

(adj.) unspeakable, incapable of being expressed through words

Question 4

fastidious

Answer 4

(adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards

Question 5

incontrovertible

Answer 5

(adj.) indisputable

Question 6

vindicated

Answer 6

(adj.) freed from any question of guilt

Question 7

brusque

Answer 7

(adj.) short, abrupt, dismissive

Question 8

malevolent

Answer 8

(adj.) wanting harm to befall others

Question 9

pejorative

Answer 9

(adj.) derogatory, uncomplimentary

Question 10

exigent

Answer 10

(adj.) urgent, critical

Question 11

acrimony

Answer 11

(n.) bitterness, discord

Question 12

ignominious

Answer 12

(adj.) humiliating, disgracing

Question 13

egregious

Answer 13

(adj.) extremely bad

Question 14

platitude

Answer 14

(n.) an uninspired remark, meaningless cliché

Question 15

haughty

Answer 15

(adj.) arrogantly superior or disdainful

Question 16

parsimony

Answer 16

(n.) frugality, stinginess

Question 17

iniquity

Answer 17

(n.) wickedness or sin

Question 18

punctilious

Answer 18

(adj.) showing great attention to detail or correct behavior, meticulous

Question 19

exculpate

Answer 19

(v.) to free from guilt or blame, exonerate

Question 20

petulance

Answer 20

(n.) rudeness, irritability

Question 21

fallacious

Answer 21

(adj.) incorrect, misleading

Question 22

credulity

Answer 22

(n.) readiness to believe

Question 23

aspersion

Answer 23

(n.) a curse, expression of ill-will

Question 24

hapless

Answer 24

(adj.) unlucky

Question 25

corroborate

Answer 25

(v.) to give or represent evidence of the truth of something; to confirm or substantiate

Question 26

precarious

Answer 26

1. (adj.) not secure 2. (adj.) uncertain

Question 27

plaintively

Answer 27

(adv.) in a sorrowful or melancholy way; mournfully

Question 28

vapid

Answer 28

(adj.) lacking liveliness, dull

Question 29

boon

Answer 29

(n.) a gift or blessing

Question 30

latent

Answer 30

(adj.) hidden but capable of being exposed

Question 31

monotonous

Answer 31

(adj.) dull, tedious and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest

Question 32

clemency

Answer 32

(n.) mercy

Question 33

gregarious

Answer 33

(adj.) drawn to the company of others, sociable

Question 34

surrepitious

Answer 34

(adj.) stealthy

Question 35

inexorable

Answer 35

1. (adj.) impossible to stop or prevent 2. (adj.) impossible to persuade

Question 36

expunge

Answer 36

(v.) to obliterate, eradicate

Question 37

insidious

Answer 37

(adj.) appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive

Question 38

opulent

Answer 38

(adj.) characterized by rich abundance verging on ostentation

Question 39

trenchant

Answer 39

(adj.) effective, articulate, clear-cut

Question 40

vivacity

Answer 40

(n.) the quality of being attractively lively and animated

Question 41

contrite

Answer 41

(adj.) penitent, eager to be forgiven

Question 42

uncouth

Answer 42

(adj.) lacking good manners, refinement, or grace

Question 43

nefarious

Answer 43

(adj.) heinously villainous

Question 44

visage

Answer 44

(n.) the person’s face

Question 45

sycophant

Answer 45

(n.) one who flatters for self-gain