Vocab 5

Question 1

Goad

Answer 1

Someone/something that forces something into action.

Question 2

Insoluble

Answer 2

Not solved or explained, not dissolved.

Question 3

Precipitous

Answer 3

Steep, happening quickly and sudden.

Question 4

Malady

Answer 4

Disease

Question 5

Munificent

Answer 5

Very generous, giving.

Question 6

Trifling

Answer 6

Having little value or importance.

Question 7

Deficiency

Answer 7

Lack of something necessary, a problem in the way something is made or formed.

Question 8

Collateral

Answer 8

Related but not in a direct or close way, something you promise to give to repay a loan.

Question 9

Equivocal

Answer 9

Having two possible meanings, not easily understood.

Question 10

Discernible

Answer 10

Detect with eyes, recognize.

Question 11

Phantasmagoric

Answer 11

A confusing or strange scene that is a dream because it’s changing.

Question 12

Pallor

Answer 12

Paleness caused by illness

Question 13

Pitiable

Answer 13

Deserving pity.

Question 14

Suppositious

Answer 14

Illegitimate, fraudulently substituted.

Question 15

Insufferable

Answer 15

Very bad or unpleasant; intolerable