Vocab 3

Question 1

Deleterious

Answer 1

Harmful

Question 2

Unobtrusive

Answer 2

Not noticeable; seeming to fit in well with the things around

Question 3

Entrapping

Answer 3

To cause someone to do something they would not usually do

Question 4

Tempering

Answer 4

To make something less extreme

Question 5

Bonhomie

Answer 5

friendliness and happiness

Question 6

Fealty

Answer 6

Loyalty, especially to a king or queen

Question 7

Levity

Answer 7

Humour or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious situation

Question 8

Munificent

Answer 8

Larger or more generous than is usual or necessary

Question 9

Jettison

Answer 9

Go get rid of something or someone that’s not necessary or wanted

Question 10

Distill

Answer 10

Destilar

Question 11

Baseness

Answer 11

A lack of honour or morals

Question 12

Discomfiting

Answer 12

Making you feel uncomfortable or uncertain

Question 13

Recrudescence

Answer 13

A sudden new appearance and growth, especially of something dangerous and unpleasant

Question 14

Enfeeble

Answer 14

To make someone or something very weak

Question 15

Misnomer

Answer 15

A name that does not suit what it refers

Question 16

Deft

Answer 16

Skillful, clever or quick

Question 17

Wanting

Answer 17

Missing; not having something

Question 18

Supersede

Answer 18

To replace something or someone; especially something older or more old fashioned

Question 19

Snare

Answer 19

A trick or situation that deceived you or involves you in a problem you don’t know about

Question 20

Boon

Answer 20

Something that’s helpful and improves the quality of life.

Question 21

Fringe

Answer 21

Extreme; not part of the mainstream; unconventional or peripheral

Question 22

Convoluted

Answer 22

Very twisted

Question 23

Aver

Answer 23

To say something that is certainly true

Question 24

Avert

Answer 24

To prevent something bad from happening

Question 25

Entreaty

Answer 25

An attempt to persuade someone to do something

Question 26

Prolixity

Answer 26

The fact of using too many words, being boring or difficult to read or listen to

Question 27

Forthrightness

Answer 27

The quality of being honest or direct in what you say or do

Question 28

Trite

Answer 28

Expressed too often to be interesting

Question 29

Industriousness

Answer 29

The fact of working hard

Question 30

Assail

Answer 30

To attack someone violently or to criticize someone

Question 31

Denouement

Answer 31

The end of a story

Question 32

Cull

Answer 32

To select from a group

Question 33

Rankle

Answer 33

To cause anger, irritation or deep bitterness

Question 34

Tack

Answer 34

To join in a slight or hasty manner

Question 35

Fissiparous

Answer 35

Inclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups

Question 36

Abrogates

Answer 36

To abolish by authoritative action

Question 37

Mien

Answer 37

A person's appearance or manner

Question 38

Claqué

Answer 38

A group of sycophantic followers

Question 39

Defanging

Answer 39

To make someone harmless or ineffectual

Question 40

Fledging

Answer 40

Something that's immature, inexperienced or underdeveloped

Question 41

Lagniappe

Answer 41

Something that's given as a bonus

Question 42

Flagitious

Answer 42

Criminal, villainous

Question 43

Uncongenial

Answer 43

Not friendly or pleasant to be with

Question 44

Fungible

Answer 44

Replaceable by another identical item, mutually interchangeable

Question 45

Mettlesome

Answer 45

Inspirited, ardent, brave

Question 46

Incensed

Answer 46

Very angry, enraged

Question 47

Pecuniary

Answer 47

Relating to or involving money

Question 48

Insular

Answer 48

Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope

Question 49

Imprecatory

Answer 49

Invoking evil or curse

Question 50

Evinced

Answer 50

Revealed the presence of

Question 51

Whipsawed

Answer 51

Subjected to two difficult situations or two opposing pressures at the same time

Question 52

Antípods

Answer 52

The direct opposites of something

Question 53

Zeniths

Answer 53

Culminating points

Question 54

Punctilious

Answer 54

Attentive to minute details

Question 55

Fastidious

Answer 55

Acting with careful attention to detail

Question 56

Discombobulated

Answer 56

Confused and disconcerted

Question 57

Addled

Answer 57

Unable to think clearly, confused