Vocab 5-6

Question 1

Desiccated

Answer 1

Adj. dried up.

Question 2

Despicable

Answer 2

Adj. contemptible, hateful.

Question 3

Desultory

Answer 3

Adj. wandering from subject to subject.

Question 4

Deviate

Answer 4

V. To turn aside.

Question 5

Diadem

Answer 5

N. A crown.

Question 6

Diaphanous

Answer 6

Adj.very sheer and light.

Question 7

Dichotomy

Answer 7

N. A division into two parts.

Question 8

Ebullient

Answer 8

Adj. enthusiastic.

Question 9

Eclectic

Answer 9

Adj. choosing from various sources.

Question 10

Edify

Answer 10

V. Improve someone morally.

Question 11

Effete

Answer 11

Adj. warn out; barren.

Question 12

Egregious

Answer 12

Adj. remarkably bad;outrageous.

Question 13

Elegy

Answer 13

N. A sad or mournful poem.

Question 14

Elicit

Answer 14

V. To draw forth; to call forth.

Question 15

Elixir

Answer 15

N. A supposed remedy for all ailments.

Question 16

Elucidate

Answer 16

V. To make clear.

Question 17

Emanate

Answer 17

V. To come forth; to send forth.

Question 18

Emendation

Answer 18

N. A correction.

Question 19

Empathy

Answer 19

N. An understanding of another’s feelings.

Question 20

Empirical

Answer 20

Adj. based on practical experience rather than theory.

Question 21

Endemic

Answer 21

Adj. confined to a particular country or area.

Question 22

Enervate

Answer 22

V. To weaken.

Question 23

Ennui

Answer 23

N. Boredom; a weariness resulting from a lack of interest.

Question 24

Ephemeral

Answer 24

Adj. lasting only a brief time; short lived.

Question 25

Epitome

Answer 25

N. A typical example; a condensed account.

Question 26

Ergo

Answer 26

Adv. therefore.

Question 27

Erotic

Answer 27

Adj. pertaining to sexual love.

Question 28

Eschew

Answer 28

V. To keep away from; to avoid; to shun.

Question 29

Facetious

Answer 29

Adj. comical; jocular; flippant.

Question 30

Deride

Answer 30

V. To ridicule, to mock.