Vocab 3

Question 1

solicitous

Answer 1

ask for or try to obtain something from someone

Question 2

simultaneity

Answer 2

happening or existing or done at the same time.

Question 3

reticence

Answer 3

the quality of beingreticent; reserve.

Question 4

prose

Answer 4

written or spoken language in its ordinary form

Question 5

promulgated

Answer 5

promote or make widely known (an idea or cause)

Question 6

prominence

Answer 6

the state of being important, famous, ornoticeable

Question 7

prickly

Answer 7

(of a person) ready to take offense

Question 8

preeminence

Answer 8

the fact ofsurpassingall others; superiority

Question 9

precedence

Answer 9

being considered more important,

Question 10

posturing

Answer 10

behavior that is intended to impressormislead.

Question 11

portentous

Answer 11

something portent, ominous, serious

Question 12

polemical

Answer 12

a controversy or argument that could end up as a huge conflict

Question 13

phlegmatic

Answer 13

not easily excited to action or display of emotion

Question 14

perturbation

Answer 14

anxiety; mentaluneasiness.

Question 15

perseverance

Answer 15

persistence in doing something despite how difficult

Question 16

paucity

Answer 16

present in small or insufficent quantities

Question 17

partisanship

Answer 17

to be biased

Question 18

panned

Answer 18

to critize severely

Question 19

ought

Answer 19

used to indicate duty or correctness, when criticizing

Question 20

opportunism

Answer 20

he taking of opportunities as and when they arise,

Question 21

omniscience

Answer 21

the state of knowing everything.

Question 22

obviated

Answer 22

remove (a need or difficulty).

Question 23

obscuring

Answer 23

keep from being seen