Vocab 4

Question 1

Acerbic

Answer 1

having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

Question 2

Aggrandize

Answer 2

to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige

Question 3

Amenable

Answer 3

agreeable; responsive to suggestion

Question 4

Anachronism

Answer 4

something or someone out of a place in terms of historical or chronological context

Question 5

Astringent

Answer 5

having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect

Question 6

Contiguous

Answer 6

sharing a border; touching; adjacent

Question 7

Credulous

Answer 7

tending to believe too readily; gullible

Question 8

Decorum

Answer 8

polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

Question 9

Derision

Answer 9

scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

Question 10

Desiccate

Answer 10

to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

Question 11

Dilettante

Answer 11

one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

Question 12

Disparage

Answer 12

to slight of belittle

Question 13

Divulge

Answer 13

to disclose something secret

Question 14

Fawn

Answer 14

to flatter or praise excessively

Question 15

Flout

Answer 15

to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

Question 16

Garrulous

Answer 16

pointlessly talking; talking too much

Question 17

Glib

Answer 17

marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

Question 18

Hubris

Answer 18

overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

Question 19

Immutable

Answer 19

not capable of change

Question 20

Impetuous

Answer 20

hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

Question 21

Inimical

Answer 21

damaging; harmful; injurious

Question 22

Intractable

Answer 22

not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate

Question 23

Laconic

Answer 23

using few words; terse

Question 24

Mollify

Answer 24

to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity

Question 25

Neophyte

Answer 25

a recent convert; a beginner; novice

Question 26

Obstinate

Answer 26

stubborn; hard-headed; uncompromising

Question 27

Ostentatious

Answer 27

characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy

Question 28

Pervade

Answer 28

to permeate throughout

Question 29

Phlegmatic

Answer 29

calm; sluggish; unemotional

Question 30

Plethora

Answer 30

an overabundance; a surplus

Question 31

Pragmatic

Answer 31

practical rather than idealistic

Question 32

Pristine

Answer 32

pure; uncorrupted; clean

Question 33

Probity

Answer 33

adherence to highest principle; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

Question 34

Profligate

Answer 34

excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

Question 35

Prosaic

Answer 35

dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

Question 36

Pungent

Answer 36

characterized by a strong sharp smell or taste

Question 37

Rarefy

Answer 37

to make or become thin, less dense; to refine

Question 38

Recondite

Answer 38

hidden; concealed; difficult; difficult to understand; obscured

Question 39

Refulgent

Answer 39

radiant; shiny; brilliant

Question 40

Renege

Answer 40

to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise

Question 41

Sedulous

Answer 41

diligent; persistent; hard-working

Question 42

Soporific

Answer 42

causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep

Question 43

Tacit

Answer 43

implied; not explicitly stated

Question 44

Terse

Answer 44

brief and concise in wording

Question 45

Trenchant

Answer 45

sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

Question 46

Unfeigned

Answer 46

genuine; not false or hypocritical

Question 47

Untenable

Answer 47

indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable

Question 48

Variegated

Answer 48

multicolored; characterized by a variety or patches of different color

Question 49

Vituperate

Answer 49

to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate