Vocab 6

Question 1

Austere

Answer 1

Severe or strict manner, attitude, or appearance

Question 2

Corpulent

Answer 2

(Of a person) fat

Question 3

Derisive

Answer 3

Expressing contempt or ridicule

Question 4

Effeminate

Answer 4

(With reference to a man) having characteristics and ways of behaving traditionally associated with women and regarded as inappropriate for a man.

Question 5

Jocund

Answer 5

Cheerful and lighthearted

Question 6

Manifest

Answer 6

Clear or obvious to the eye or mind

Question 7

Ostentatious

Answer 7

Characterized vulgar or pretentious display
Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

Question 8

Strident

Answer 8

Loud and harsh, grating
Showing strong feeling, forceful

Question 9

Vehement

Answer 9

Showing strong feeling, forceful, passionate, or intense

Question 10

Elegiac

Answer 10

Relating to or characteristic of an elegy

Question 11

Fecund

Answer 11

Producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth
Fortuitous-Happening by accident or change rather than design

Question 12

Infirmity

Answer 12

Physical or mental weakness

Question 13

Malady

Answer 13

A disease or ailment

Question 14

Nuance

Answer 14

A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound

Question 15

A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound

Answer 15

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

Question 16

Remonstrance

Answer 16

A forcefully reproachful protest

Question 17

Scintillate

Answer 17

Emit flashes of light, sparkle

Question 18

Vitae

Answer 18

Spoil or impair the quality of or efficiency of