Vocab 31-47

Question 1

Blighted

Answer 1

a plant disease, a thing that spoils or damages something

Question 2

Deleterious

Answer 2

causing harm or damage

Question 3

Derisively

Answer 3

expressing contempt or ridicule

Question 4

Efficacious

Answer 4

successful in producing a desired or intended result

Question 5

Effluence

Answer 5

a substance that flows out from something

Question 6

Emaciated

Answer 6

abnormally thin or weak

Question 7

Emissary

Answer 7

a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative

Question 8

Impalpable

Answer 8

unable to be felt by touch

Question 9

Loquacity

Answer 9

the quality of talking a great deal

Question 10

Lurid

Answer 10

very vivid in color, esp. so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

Question 11

Malignant

Answer 11

very virulent or infectious

Question 12

Penitential

Answer 12

relating to or expressing penitence or penance

Question 13

Presentiments

Answer 13

an intuitive feeling about the future, esp. one of foreboding

Question 14

Propinquity

Answer 14

the state of being close to someone or something; proximity

Question 15

Scurrilous

Answer 15

making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation

Question 16

Sedulous

Answer 16

showing dedication and diligence

Question 17

undissembled

Answer 17

to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of