Vocab 2 U12

Question 1

v) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt

Answer 1

absolve

Question 2

n) a representation, such as a drawing, that exaggerates a subject’s characteristic features;
v) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way

Answer 2

caricature

Question 3

n) a loud ringing sound;

v) to make a loud ringing noise

Answer 3

clangor

Question 4

adj) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time

Answer 4

contiguous

Question 5

n) an eager desire for something; greed

Answer 5

cupidity

Question 6

adj) harmful, injurious

Answer 6

deleterious

Question 7

v) to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of

Answer 7

enhance

Question 8

v) to captivate, charm, hold, spellbound; to enslave; to imprison

Answer 8

enthrall

Question 9

v) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses

Answer 9

extenuate

Question 10

adj) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in

Answer 10

implicit

Question 11

adj) sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness)

Answer 11

incisive

Question 12

adj) tending to cause harm or obstruct developments; being oppositional or adverse

Answer 12

inimical

Question 13

adj) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy

Answer 13

ostentatious

Question 14

n) a model of excellence or perfection

Answer 14

paragon

Question 15

adj) prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient

Answer 15

politic

Question 16

adj) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward, characteristic of prose, not poetic

Answer 16

prosaic

Question 17

adj) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush

Answer 17

redundant

Question 18

adj) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou

Answer 18

sanctimonious

Question 19

adj, part) sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)

Answer 19

scintillating

Question 20

adj) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)

Answer 20

winsome