Vocab 2.6

Question 1

allude

Answer 1

to refer to casually or indirectly

Question 2

jocose

Answer 2

humorous, playful, joking

Question 3

eloquence

Answer 3

using language with fluency and graceful aptness

Question 4

deficiency

Answer 4

lack, incompleteness, insufficiency

Question 5

vengeance

Answer 5

a desire for revenge, intentional infliction of harm

Question 6

prodigious

Answer 6

extraordinary in size, amount, or degree

Question 7

transported

Answer 7

emotionally moved; carried from one place to another

Question 8

restraint

Answer 8

holding back, checking, controlling

Question 9

atrocious

Answer 9

extremely, shockingly wicked or cruel

Question 10

despondency

Answer 10

depression of spirits due to loss of courage or hope

Question 11

crestfallen

Answer 11

dejected, dispirited, discouraged

Question 12

voracious

Answer 12

craving or consuming large quantities

Question 13

languor

Answer 13

lack of energy or vitality

Question 14

satiate

Answer 14

to satisfy to the full

Question 15

tenebrous

Answer 15

dark, gloomy, obscure

Question 16

preside

Answer 16

to occupy a place of authority or control

Question 17

invoke

Answer 17

to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for

Question 18

sham

Answer 18

a spurious imitation, fraud, hoax

Question 19

craven

Answer 19

cowardly, contemptibly timid, pusillanimous

Question 20

pretense

Answer 20

pretending or feigning