Vocab 3

Question 1

improvident

Answer 1

not supplying something useful for the future

Question 1

not supplying something useful for the future

Answer 1

improvident

Question 2

substantial

Answer 2

real; having a material or factual existence

Question 3

real; having a material or factual existence

Answer 3

substantial

Question 4

showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

Answer 4

haggard

Question 5

haggard

Answer 5

showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

Question 6

impending

Answer 6

close in time; about to occur

Question 7

close in time; about to occur

Answer 7

impending

Question 8

prowess

Answer 8

a superior skill learned by study and practice

Question 9

a superior skill learned by study and practice

Answer 9

prowess

Question 10

revere

Answer 10

regard with feelings of respect

Question 11

regard with feelings of respect

Answer 11

revere

Question 12

imperious

Answer 12

having or showing arrogant superiority

Question 13

having or showing arrogant superiority

Answer 13

imperious

Question 13

emissary

Answer 13

someone sent to represent another’s interests

Question 14

someone sent to represent another’s interests

Answer 14

emissary

Question 15

interim

Answer 15

the time between one event, process, or period and another

Question 16

capricious

Answer 16

determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

Question 16

the time between one event, process, or period and another

Answer 16

interim

Question 17

perpetual

Answer 17

continuing forever or indefinitely

Question 18

continuing forever or indefinitely

Answer 18

perpetual

Question 19

determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

Answer 19

capricious

Question 20

contemptible

Answer 20

deserving of scorn or disrespect

Question 21

deserving of scorn or disrespect

Answer 21

contemptible

Question 21

meager

Answer 21

deficient in amount or quality or extent

Question 22

brusque

Answer 22

rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

Question 22

deficient in amount or quality or extent

Answer 22

meager

Question 23

rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

Answer 23

brusque

Question 24

arduous

Answer 24

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

Question 24

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

Answer 24

arduous

Question 24

poignant

Answer 24

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.

Question 24

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.

Answer 24

poignant

Question 25

revel

Answer 25

take delight in

Question 26

take delight in

Answer 26

revel

Question 27

tentative

Answer 27

hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion

Question 28

hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion

Answer 28

tentative

Question 29

frenzied

Answer 29

affected with or marked by mania uncontrolled by reason

Question 30

affected with or marked by mania uncontrolled by reason

Answer 30

frenzied

Question 31

feign

Answer 31

make believe with the intent to deceive

Answer 32

feign