Vocab 4

Question 1

piquant

Answer 1

tasting or smelling savory or spicy

Question 2

oleaginous

Answer 2

oily

Question 3

abysmal

Answer 3

completely awful

Question 4

dreg

Answer 4

a small remainder of something

Question 5

arduous

Answer 5

requiring hard work

Question 6

stultifying

Answer 6

boring, tedious

Question 7

diligently

Answer 7

carefully, with a lot of effort

Question 8

haughty

Answer 8

cocky, arrogant

Question 9

interminable

Answer 9

unending

Question 10

rumunerative

Answer 10

paying or rewarding someone with money

Question 11

augment

Answer 11

to increase, supplement

Question 12

epicurean

Answer 12

someone who takes pleasure in luxurious things, especially good food

Question 13

glutton

Answer 13

someone who eats and drinks to excess

Question 14

gratifying

Answer 14

pleasing, satisfying

Question 15

malinger

Answer 15

pretend to be sick, especially to avoid work

Question 16

cognizant

Answer 16

fully aware

Question 17

meager

Answer 17

very little (in quantity, substance, or size)

Question 18

unparalleled

Answer 18

unable to be matched

Question 19

penurious

Answer 19

lacking money or being unwilling to spend money

Question 20

destitute

Answer 20

desperately lacking money, food, or resources

Question 21

bereft

Answer 21

deprived of something; filled with a sense of loss

Question 22

derelict

Answer 22

neglected and in poor condition; also (n) someone who has no home, employment, or family

Question 23

usury

Answer 23

lending money at an extremely high rate of interest

Question 24

prodigal

Answer 24

wasteful

Question 25

lucrative

Answer 25

producing profit