Vocab 5

Question 0

Blandish

Verb

Answer 0

To coax but using flattery (Rachel’s assistant tried to blandish her into accepting the deal.)

Question 1

Abet

Verb

Answer 1

to aid, help, encourage (the spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to abet him.)

Question 2

Callous

Adjective

Answer 2

Harsh, cold, unfeeling (the murderer’s callous lack of remorse shocked the jury.)

Question 3

Decry

Verb

Answer 3

To criticize openly (the kind video rental clerk decried the policy of charging costumes late fees.)

Question 4

Edict

Noun

Answer 4

An order, decree (the ruler issued an edit requiring all of his subjects to bow down before him.)

Question 5

Fatuous

Adjective

Answer 5

Silly, foolish (he considers himself a serious poet, but in truth, he only writes fatuous limericks.)

Question 6

Gluttony

Noun

Answer 6

Overindulgence in food or drink (Ada’s fried chicken tastes so divine, I don’t know how anyone cal call gluttony a sin.)

Question 7

Impassive

Adjective

Answer 7

Stoic, not susceptible to suffering (stop being so impassive; it’s healthy to cry every now and then.)

Question 8

Latent

Adjective

Answer 8

Hidden, but capable of being exposed (Sigmund’s dream represented his latent paranoid obsessions with other peoples’ shoes.)

Question 9

Manifest

1. Adjective 2. verb

Answer 9

1. Easily understandable, obvious (when I wrote the wrong sum on the chalkboard, my mistake was so mani feet that the entire class burst into laughter.) 2. To show plainly (his illness first manifested itself with particularly violent hiccups.)

Question 10

Nefarious

Adjective

Answer 10

Heinously villainous (Although Dr. Mean man’a nefarious plot to melt the polar ice caps was terrifying, it was so impractical that nobody really worried about it.)

Question 11

Obsolete

Adjective

Answer 11

No longer used, out of date. (With the inventions of tape decks, and CD’s, which both have better sound and are easier to use, eight-track players are now entirely obsolete.)

Question 12

Palatable

Adjective

Answer 12

Agreeable to the taste or sensibilities (despite the unpleasant smell, the exotic cheese was quite palatable.)

Question 13

Quaint

Adjective

Answer 13

Charmingly old-fashioned (Hilda was delighted by the quaint bonnets she saw in Amish country.)

Question 14

Rapport

Noun

Answer 14

Mutual understanding and harmony (when Margaret met her paramour, they felt an instant rapport.)