Vocab 5

Question 1

Sardonic

Answer 1

Bitterly sarcastic; scornfully mocking

Question 2

Sedition

Answer 2

Rebellion or resistance against the government

Question 3

Sententious

Answer 3

Self righteous, characterized by moralizing; saying much in few words

Question 4

Sinecure

Answer 4

A well paying job requiring little or no work

Question 5

Nadir

Answer 5

Lowest point

Question 6

Nascent

Answer 6

Beginning to exist or develop

Question 7

Neophyte

Answer 7

A new convert, beginner, novice

Question 8

Ostensible

Answer 8

Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

Question 9

Pellucid

Answer 9

Transparent; clear

Question 10

Peripatetic

Answer 10

Wandering from place to place, especially on foot

Question 11

Plangent

Answer 11

Pounding, thundering, resounding

Question 12

Prosaic

Answer 12

Dull; straight forward

Question 13

Largesse

Answer 13

Generosity in giving

Question 14

Lassitude

Answer 14

Lack of energy

Question 15

Libertine

Answer 15

One who leads an immoral life

Question 16

Maladroit

Answer 16

Clumsy; unskillful

Question 17

Martinet

Answer 17

A strict disciplinarian

Question 18

Mendicant

Answer 18

Beggar

Question 19

Minatory

Answer 19

Menacing; threatening

Question 20

Mordant

Answer 20

Bitingly sarcastic

Question 21

Munificent

Answer 21

Very generous

Question 22

Exegesis

Answer 22

An explanation of a text; a critical interpretation