Vocab 2-4

Question 1

Alacrity

Answer 1

N
Willingness and eager behavior excited behavior

Question 2

Circuitous

Answer 2

Adj
Indirect or round about deviating from a straight course

Question 3

Diffident

Answer 3

Adj
Shy lacking in self-confidence modesly reserved

Question 4

Estimable

Answer 4

Adj
Worthy of the highest respect or honor highly regarded

Question 5

Iconoclast

Answer 5

N
Someone who attacks traditions and cherished ideas

Question 6

Lassitude

Answer 6

N
A feeling of weakness characterized by a lack of energy or interest

Question 7

Profligate

Answer 7

Adj
Unrestrained, reckless or wasteful by convention or morality

Question 8

Rancorous

Answer 8

Adj
Showing deep seated resentment very bitter and angry

Question 9

Trite

Answer 9

Adj
Unoriginal overused frayed or worn out by use commonplace or well-worn

Question 10

Vicarious

Answer 10

Adj
Done or suffered by one in place of another, a secondhand experience