Vocab 4

Question 1

Aloof

Answer 1

Reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested

Question 2

Cryptic

Answer 2

Mysterious in meaning, puzzling, ambiguous

Question 3

Docile

Answer 3

Readily trained or taught, teachable, easily managed

Question 4

Impetuous

Answer 4

Of, relating to, or being characterized by sudden or rash action, impulsive.

Question 5

Flamboyance

Answer 5

An elaborate, ornate, or showy style.

Question 6

Florid

Answer 6

Reddish, ruddy, rosy, flowery

Question 7

Infinite

Answer 7

Unbounded or unlimited; endless; unmeasurable

Question 8

Aesthete

Answer 8

A person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity toward the beauties of art or nature

Question 9

Pungent

Answer 9

Sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid

Question 10

Futile

Answer 10

Incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful

Question 11

Ambiguity

Answer 11

An unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning etc.

Question 12

Treacherous

Answer 12

Deceptive, untrustworthy, or unreliable

Question 13

Tête-à-tête

Answer 13

A private conversation or interview usually between two people

Question 14

Replete

Answer 14

Abundantly supplied or provided; filled

Question 15

Postpradial

Answer 15

After a meal, especially after dinner

Question 16

Aver

Answer 16

To assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner

Question 17

Eloquence

Answer 17

The practice or art of using language with fluency or aptness

Question 18

Flaunt

Answer 18

To parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly

Question 19

Charlatan

Answer 19

A person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack

Question 20

Pompous

Answer 20

Characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance

Question 21

Fastidious

Answer 21

Excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please

Question 22

Feckless

Answer 22

Incompetent, irresponsible

Question 23

Pretension

Answer 23

A claim or title to something

Question 24

Frump

Answer 24

A person who is drowdy, drab and unattractive

Question 25

Coquettishness

Answer 25

(Of a woman) flirtatious behavior, coyness

Question 26

Amatory

Answer 26

Of or relating to lovers or lovemaking, expressive of love

Question 27

Vile

Answer 27

Wretchedly bad

Question 28

Aspersion

Answer 28

A damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander

Question 29

Incarnate

Answer 29

Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human form

Question 30

Prosaically

Answer 30

In a commonplace or dull manner; matter of factly or unimaginatively

Question 31

Squalor

Answer 31

The condition of being squalid, filth and misery

Question 32

Snivel

Answer 32

To weep or cry with sniffling

Question 33

Ostensibly

Answer 33

Outwardly appearing as such; supposedly

Question 34

Precariousness

Answer 34

A state of risk, danger, insecurity

Question 35

Vellum

Answer 35

Calfskin, lambskin, kidskin, etc. Treated for use as a writing surface