vocab #5

Question 1

facetious

Answer 1

sarcastic/joke/funny
ex: he said very facetious remarks

Question 2

fastidious

Answer 2

careful attention to detail
ex: he was very fastidious about how his clothes were folded.

Question 3

fatuous

Answer 3

devoid of intelligence
ex: the fatuous nature of americans.

Question 4

flaunt

Answer 4

display proudly
ex: she flaunted her diamond ring

Question 5

furtive

Answer 5

secret and shy
ex: hope that your teacher doesn’t catch your furtive acts in class.

Question 6

generic

Answer 6

basic; applicable to an entire group

Question 7

gregarious

Answer 7

temporarily seeking and enjoying company of others
ex: he was the most gregarious of his brothers

Question 8

harangue

Answer 8

verbal attack
ex: the students had to listen to the teacher’s post-test harangue.

Question 9

idiosyncrasy

Answer 9

a quirky behavior an individual may have
ex: he has many idiosyncrasies.

Question 10

illicit

Answer 10

not allowed by law or custom
ex: a murder is an illicit affair.

Question 11

importune

Answer 11

beg persistently
ex: the woman importuned the judge to release her innocent brother from jail.

Question 12

incredulous

Answer 12

not willing to believe
ex: she gave me an incredulous look.

Question 13

inexorable

Answer 13

impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
ex: she was very stubborn/inexorable.

Question 14

invective

Answer 14

abusive language
ex: if they weren’t so invective, i would join.

Question 15

loquacious

Answer 15

full of trivial conversation
ex: a loquacious person talks a lot.