Vocab 3a-b

Question 1

Flag

Answer 1

(v) To signal with, or as with, a flag
(v) 1. To fall off in energy, vigor, interest, or activity
2. To droop or hang loose

Question 2

Somatic

Answer 2

(adj.) 1. Pertaining to the body (as opposed to the mind, a body part, or the
environment)
2. Relating to the wall of the body cavity

Question 3

Fluke

Answer 3

(n) A stroke of good luck; a chance occurrence or accident

Question 4

Doff

Answer 4

(v) 1. To take off or remove (as clothes); to tip or remove (one’s hat) in greeting
2. To put aside or discard

Question 5

Apocryphal

Answer 5

(adj.) Of questionable authenticity or origin; spurious

“But it is also probable that these apocryphal versions are based on a genuine original.”

Question 6

Scurvy

Answer 6

(n) A wasting disease caused by vitamin C deficiency

(adj. ) Contemptible, despicable, or mean

Question 7

Apposite

Answer 7

(adj.) Appropriate, relevant, or apt

Question 8

Squalid

Answer 8

(adj. ) Foul, dirty, or wretched, as from extreme poverty or neglect
(adj. ) Morally repulsive or sordid

“Here are squalid streets and houses typical of the poorest class of inhabitants”

Question 9

Garrulous

Answer 9

(adj.) Wordy; overly talkative and given to long, rambling, often trivial speech

Question 10

Gambol

Answer 10

(v) To frolic; to skip or leap about playfully

“No one was in sight, and he was free to gambol as much as he pleased.”

Question 11

Fulminate

Answer 11

(v) To send out or issue with denunciation, invective (strong criticism/insults), or condemnation
(v) To explode

“If they follow through with changing the dress code, I’m positive the girls will fulminate.”

Question 12

Salubrious

Answer 12

(adj.) Promoting or conducive to health or well being

Question 13

Abscission

Answer 13

(n) The act of cutting off

Question 14

Gauche

Answer 14

(adj.) Lacking in tact, sensitivity, or other social graces

Question 15

Truculent

Answer 15

(adj. ) Ferocious, cruel, or savage
(adj. ) Deadly or destructive
(adj. ) Scathing or harsh
(adj. ) Belligerent or aggressive; disposed to fighting

“The most savage and truculent of the tribes are those who live in the forest regions; the most advanced in culture, the dwellers in the plains.”

Question 16

Asperity

Answer 16

(n) Rigor or severity
(n) Roughness, unevenness, or harshness, as of surface or sound
(n) Roughness or harshness of manner or temper

“Bert adds the asperity of his Scottish voice to a lilting, traditional ballad called “ House Carpenter”