Vocab 4

Question 1

Personification

Answer 1

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

Question 2

Petulance

Answer 2

Irritance and childish sulkiness

Question 3

Physicality

Answer 3

The quality or state of being physical

Question 4

Piety

Answer 4

The quality of being religious

Question 5

Plight

Answer 5

A dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant situation

Question 6

Pomposity

Answer 6

Self-importance expressed in an affected manner

Question 7

Pragmatic

Answer 7

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a practical way

Question 8

Precede

Answer 8

Come before something in time and order

Question 9

Pretence

Answer 9

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear to be the case

Question 10

Prevalent

Answer 10

Widely existing or occuring in a particular society or at a particular time

Question 11

Profuse

Answer 11

Abundant in supply or quantity

Question 12

Promontory

Answer 12

A high point of land that juts out into a large body of water

Question 13

Proverb

Answer 13

A short popular saying or moral principle expressed in a concise and imaginative way

Question 14

Prowess

Answer 14

Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field

Question 15

Prudent

Answer 15

Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

Question 16

Pun

Answer 16

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are wordes that sound alike but have different meanings

Question 18

Radical

Answer 18

Far-reaching or extreme

Question 19

Ramble

Answer 19

Walk for pleasure; typically without a definite destination

Question 21

Receptive

Answer 21

Willing to receive and accept new ideas or imformation

Question 22

Reflective

Answer 22

Thinking deeply or carefully about something

Question 23

Regress

Answer 23

Return to a former or less developed sthat

Question 24

Resentment

Answer 24

Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly

Question 25

Resignation

Answer 25

Acceptance of something unavoidable

Question 26

Revelation

Answer 26

A surprising and previously unknown fact that is made known to someone

Question 27

Revulsion

Answer 27

A sense of disgust and loathing

Question 28

Rhetoric

Answer 28

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques

Question 29

Ripe

Answer 29

Fully grown and developed

Question 30

Roiled

Answer 30

Make (liquid) turbulent or muddy

Question 31

Ruthless

Answer 31

Having or showing no pity or compassion for others

Question 32

Sarcasm

Answer 32

The use of irony to mock or convey contempt

Question 33

Savour

Answer 33

Taste or smell with great pleasure

Question 34

Sceptic

Answer 34

A person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions

Question 35

Seduction

Answer 35

The action or art of persuading someone to do something they might not otherwise do, especially by being sexually attractive

Question 36

Sensory

Answer 36

Relating to sensation or the senses

Question 37

Simile

Answer 37

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Question 38

Smug

Answer 38

Having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one'e achievements

Question 39

Squelch

Answer 39

Crush or subdue completely

Question 40

Starkness

Answer 40

The state or quality of being stark

Question 41

Sublime

Answer 41

Of very great excellence or beauty

Question 42

Subtle

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So delicate or precise as to be difficult to describe or analyze

Question 43

Superficial

Answer 43

Existing or occuring at or on the surface

Question 44

Superlative

Answer 44

Of the highest quality or degree

Question 45

Synchronous

Answer 45

Occuring at the same time

Question 46

Synod

Answer 46

An assembly of the clergy of a church, especially when convened to discuss and act on ecclesiastical matters

Question 47

Tangible

Answer 47

Perceptible by touch

Question 48

Teeming

Answer 48

Be full of or swarming with

Question 49

Temperament

Answer 49

A person's or animal's nature, especially as it permanently or temporarily affects their behaviour

Question 50

Tessellated

Answer 50

Decorate a surface with tessellations