Vocab 3

Question 1

detractor

Answer 1

critic, disparages someone or something

Question 2

cognoscenti

Answer 2

people well informed about particular subject

Question 3

malcontent

Answer 3

troublemaker, agitator, dissident

Question 4

retrospective

Answer 4

looking back on or dealing with past situations

Question 5

impressionist

Answer 5

painter, writer, or composer of Impressionism

Question 6

seminal

Answer 6

influential

Question 7

canonical

Answer 7

established

Question 8

serial

Answer 8

taking place in a series OR repeated predictable behavior

Question 9

antithetical

Answer 9

incompatible

Question 10

frankness

Answer 10

open and honest

Question 11

candor

Answer 11

open and honest, frankness

Question 12

sedentary

Answer 12

spending much time seated

Question 13

incipient

Answer 13

beginning to develop, inchoate

Question 14

stalwart

Answer 14

loyal, reliable, hardworking

Question 15

stout

Answer 15

fat OR determined

Question 16

irrefragable

Answer 16

not able to be refuted/disproved

Question 17

tottering

Answer 17

unsteady

Question 18

fecund

Answer 18

fertile

Question 19

transient

Answer 19

temporary

Question 20

incessant

Answer 20

continue without pause or interruption

Question 21

elocution

Answer 21

clear and expressive speech

Question 22

paean

Answer 22

hymn

Question 23

oratory

Answer 23

small chapel

Question 24

panegyric

Answer 24

eulogy, paean

Question 25

harangue

Answer 25

tirade, diatribe

Question 26

taint

Answer 26

trace of bad quality OR contaminate

Question 27

conclude

Answer 27

bring something to an end

Question 28

lionized

Answer 28

give a lot of public attention and approval to, celebrate

Question 29

coax

Answer 29

persuade

Question 30

intractable

Answer 30

hard to control or deal with

Question 31

lackadaisical

Answer 31

carelessly lazy, sluggish, lethargic

Question 32

incapacitated

Answer 32

deprived of strength or power, debiliated

Question 33

apocryphal

Answer 33

fictitious, made up, spurious

Question 34

shrewd

Answer 34

clever, perceptive, astute (she was shrewd enough to guess the motive behind his gesture)

Question 35

hapless

Answer 35

unfortunate

Question 36

duplicitous

Answer 36

deceitful

Question 37

listless

Answer 37

lethargic

Question 38

artless

Answer 38

without guile or deception

Question 39

mendacious

Answer 39

deceitful