Vocab 6

Question 1

presumptuous

Answer 1

failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.

Question 2

subversive

Answer 2

tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.

Question 3

vacuous

Answer 3

having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.

Question 4

avocation

Answer 4

a hobby or minor occupation.

Question 5

callous

Answer 5

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

Question 6

capricious

Answer 6

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

Question 7

disparity

Answer 7

a great difference.

Question 8

efficacy

Answer 8

the ability to produce a desired or intended result.

Question 9

epistle

Answer 9

a letter.

Question 10

hospice

Answer 10

a home providing care for the sick, especially the terminally ill.

Question 11

impetus

Answer 11

the force that makes something happen or happen more quickly.

Question 12

moribund

Answer 12

at the point of death.

Question 13

vacillate

Answer 13

alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.

Question 14

akin

Answer 14

of similar character.

Question 15

corroborate

Answer 15

confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).