Vocab 3

Question 1

capricious

Answer 1

Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity of reason; changeable

Question 2

incipient

Answer 2

Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

Question 3

brusqueness

Answer 3

An abrupt discourteous manner

Question 4

Valediction

Answer 4

The act of saying farewell; farewell oration

Question 5

Disquieting

Answer 5

Causing mental discomfort

Question 6

Dynamism

Answer 6

The activeness of an energetic personality; active strength of body or mind

Question 7

Splendor

Answer 7

The quality of being magnificent or grand; a quality that outshines the usual

Question 8

Taut

Answer 8

Pulled or drawn tight; subjected to great tension;stretched tight

Question 9

Feign

Answer 9

Make believe with the intent to deceive; make a pretense of

Question 10

Espied

Answer 10

To catch sight of

Question 11

Coiffure

Answer 11

The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman’s hair);arranged attractively

Question 12

Diviner

Answer 12

Someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers

Question 13

Specious

Answer 13

Plausible but false; based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

Question 14

Guttural

Answer 14

Relating to or articulated in the throat

Question 15

Voluble

Answer 15

Marked by a ready flow speech

Question 16

Sullenness

Answer 16

A moody, resentful disposition; a gloomy, ill-tempered feeling

Question 17

Tethered

Answer 17

Confined or restricted with, or as if with a rope or chain

Question 18

Tremulous

Answer 18

(Of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear

Question 19

Calamity

Answer 19

An event resulting in great loss and misfortune

Question 20

emissary

Answer 20

Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else