vocab 5

Question 1

ignominy

Answer 1

there is much ignominy a child with intelligent parents may feel when they do bad on a test—unlike their parents would have done

Question 2

perspicacity

Answer 2

even though she was distraught by her brother’s master prank, she admired his perspicacity

Question 3

ambivalence

Answer 3

many people have a sense of ambivalence towards politicians because they meet some of their same values but not all of them

Question 4

bereft

Answer 4

trust and love became bereft after zoe caught her husband cheating on her with another woman

Question 5

inane

Answer 5

the teachers scold the class clown for purposely interrupting class discussions to ask inane questions

Question 6

rue

Answer 6

Neville always told Carly she would rue the day that she publicly embarrassed him, and so she did when he sabotaged her work

Question 7

ubiquitous

Answer 7

processed foods and alarming chemicals seem to be ubiquitous in the American diet

Question 8

surreptitious

Answer 8

one time I had a stalker so surreptitious that he would be able to stay half a foot behind me without trouble

Question 9

inure

Answer 9

i became inured to loud noise after moving to a house on the edge of a bustling highway

Question 10

ardor

Answer 10

i have never seen someone show so much ardor at one of my dance recitals—the old lady was the loudest in the room