Vocab 2 U14

Question 1

adj) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; willing to follow advice or authority; liable to be held responsible

Answer 1

amendable

Question 2

v) to scold sharply

Answer 2

berate

Question 3

n) a large-scale slaughter or loss of life

Answer 3

carnage

Question 4

adj) too ready to believe, easily deceived

Answer 4

credulous

Question 5

n) a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation

Answer 5

criterion

Question 6

v) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

Answer 6

deplete

Question 7

v) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

Answer 7

expatiate

Question 8

adj) coming from outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

Answer 8

extraneous

Question 9

n) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

Answer 9

inception

Question 10

n) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)

Answer 10

infirmity

Question 11

adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile

Answer 11

jejune

Question 12

adj) stubborn, unyielding

Answer 12

obdurate

Question 13

n) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

Answer 13

potpourri

Question 14

adj) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

Answer 14

precocious

Question 15

adj) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

Answer 15

sadistic

Question 16

adj) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy

Answer 16

sententious

Question 17

v) to beg earnestly and humbly

Answer 17

supplicate

Question 18

n) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust;
v) to feed or supply to anything to excess

Answer 18

surfeit

Question 19

adj) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

Answer 19

tortuous

Question 20

adj) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive language

Answer 20

turgid