Vocab 2

Question 0

Cantankerous

Answer 0

bad-tempered, uncooperative and argumentative

The cantankerous grandma insisted nothing should be allowed to change.

Question 1

Boon

Answer 1

Something to be thankful for

Something that is asked for, a favor sought

Question 2

Decrepitude

Answer 2

1. The state of being feeble or weak.

One has to wonder at the total moral decrepitude and ethical collapse of such people.

Question 3

Deplorable.

Answer 3

lamentable
After the divorce, he was left in a drunken, deplorable state.
deserving contempt
No matter how you try to defend him, his actions today were simply deplorable.

Question 4

Dissentient

Answer 4

1. Against an idea or opinion

The dissentient people decided to protest.

Question 5

Effete

Answer 5

1. No longer fertile
   She went to the doctor, and they told her that she was effete.
2. Having lost character, vitality, or strength
   The war exhausted him, and when he got back, he was effete.
3. Tired

Question 6

Emancipate

Answer 6

1. The fact or process of freeing someone from legal, social, or political restrictions
   The Emancipation Proclamation was a huge step forward in the battle for equal rights among all.

Question 7

Fatuous

Answer 7

foolish or stupid

All of the students agreed that the paper was a fatuous assignment.

Question 8

Impertinence

Answer 8

1. Lack of respect; rudeness; impoliteness.

The boy showed impertinence after he interrupted the lesson twice.

Question 9

Ingenuous

Answer 9

1) naive
2) innocent or unsuspecting
The boy was so ingenuous he just gave the con man all his money.

Question 10

Iridescent

Answer 10

displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow
The iridescent fabric glistened in the sunlight.

Question 11

Lithe

Answer 11

1. bending readily; pliant; flexible; limber

The young tree swayed in a lithe manner.

Question 12

Magnanimous

Answer 12

generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness.
The child’s sister was very magnanimous when he accidentally hit her with a football.

Question 13

Obstinate

Answer 13

1. firmly or stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose, opinion, etc.
   The obstinate child refused to eat his vegetables.

Question 14

Petulant

Answer 14

1. Bad tempered

When he got a bad grade on the test he was very petulant.

Question 15

Sidereal

Answer 15

1. Of or with respect to the distant stars

Few people have witnessed the sidereal phenomenon of a supernova.

Question 16

uncanny

Answer 16

STRANGE OR UNUSUAL IN A WAY THAT IS SURPRISING OR DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
THE UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN MY SISTER AND THE LORD OF DARKNESS IS FRIGHTENING.

Question 17

Wistful

Answer 17

Feeling and/or expressing melancholy yearning