Vocab #2

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty).

Question 2

Affectation

Answer 2

Behavior speech or writing that is artificial and designed to impress

Question 3

Arbitrary

Answer 3

based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

Question 4

Beseech

Answer 4

ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat

Question 5

Censorious

Answer 5

Severely critical of others

Question 6

Consensus

Answer 6

General agreement

Question 7

Cudgel

Answer 7

To strike or beat with a stick

Question 8

Despite

Answer 8

Without being affected by

Question 9

Effrontery

Answer 9

insolent or impertinent behavior

Question 10

Fealty

Answer 10

Being loyal or faithful (sometimes to a ruler)

Question 11

Hesitant

Answer 11

tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking

Question 12

Inaudible

Answer 12

Unable to be heard

Question 13

Lithe

Answer 13

Thin, supple, graceful

Question 14

Metamorphosis

Answer 14

(in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages

Question 15

Nocturnal

Answer 15

Done, occurring, or active at night

Question 16

Opulence

Answer 16

Great wealth

Question 17

Partition

Answer 17

Action or state of being divided into parts

Question 18

Phonetic

Answer 18

relating to speech sounds

Question 19

Prolong

Answer 19

To lengthen out in time

Question 20

Reckless

Answer 20

(of a person or their actions) without thinking or caring about the consequences of an action