Vocab 401-425

Question 1

eloquentive

Answer 1

skilled and persuasive in speaking

Question 2

confine

Answer 2

to keep within limits

Question 3

linger

Answer 3

to be slow and reluctant to leave

Question 4

comprehensive

Answer 4

of broad scope, including everything

Question 5

opulence

Answer 5

wealthy, abundance

Question 6

virulent

Answer 6

highly infectious, deadly

Question 7

firebrand

Answer 7

a person who stirs up trouble or revolt

Question 8

flout

Answer 8

to scorn, scoff at

Question 9

concord

Answer 9

agreement; harmony

Question 10

prestige

Answer 10

high status, good reputation

Question 11

disposition

Answer 11

usual attitude toward things; character

Question 12

document

Answer 12

to support with specific evidence

Question 13

frail

Answer 13

weak

Question 14

sparse

Answer 14

thinly scattered, scanty

Question 15

amiable

Answer 15

friendly, good-natured

Question 16

insolvent

Answer 16

unable to pay one’s debts

Question 17

ratify

Answer 17

to approve and accept formally

Question 18

relish

Answer 18

to take pleasure in, enjoy

Question 19

accord

Answer 19

agreement; harmony

Question 20

reiterate

Answer 20

to say or do repeatedly

Question 21

sporadic

Answer 21

happening only occasionally

Question 22

circumlocution

Answer 22

a roundabout way of saying something

Question 23

periphery

Answer 23

outer edge

Question 24

static

Answer 24

unchanging, motionless

Question 25

idiosyncratic

Answer 25

peculiar or unique to an individual