Vocab 3

Question 1

avocation

Answer 1

a hobby or minor occupation

Question 2

capricious

Answer 2

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

Question 3

disparity

Answer 3

a great difference

Question 4

efficacy

Answer 4

the ability to produce a desired or intended result

Question 5

epistle

Answer 5

a letter

Question 6

inexorable

Answer 6

impossible to stop or prevent

Question 7

impetus

Answer 7

the force or energy with which a body moves

Question 8

moribund

Answer 8

(of a person) at the point of death

Question 9

reticent

Answer 9

not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

Question 10

vacillate

Answer 10

alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

Question 11

acerbic

Answer 11

(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright

Question 12

acrimonious

Answer 12

(typically of speech or debate) angry and bitter

Question 13

brusque

Answer 13

abrupt or offhand in speech or manner

Question 14

didactic

Answer 14

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

Question 15

elegiac

Answer 15

relating to or characteristic of an elegy

Question 16

flippant

Answer 16

not showing a serious or respectful attitude

Question 17

lugubrious

Answer 17

looking or sounding sad and dismal

Question 18

pensive

Answer 18

engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought

Question 19

recalcitrant

Answer 19

having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

Question 20

wistful

Answer 20

having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing