vocab 6-7

Question 1

forbidding

Answer 1

looking dangerous,
threatening, disagreeable,
repellent

Question 2

inane

Answer 2

foolish, silly, lacking
sense or meaning

Question 3

inure

Answer 3

to become accustomed to
something, difficult,
painful, etc.

Question 4

anarchy

Answer 4

the complete absence of
government, political
disorder or violence,
disorder in any activity

Question 5

enmity

Answer 5

hostility, antagonism,
hatred; the bitter feelings
of an enemy

Question 6

sinecure

Answer 6

any office or position that
brings profit or advantage
without involving much
work or responsibility

Question 7

tacit

Answer 7

not expressed or declared
openly, but implied or
understood

Question 8

inveigle

Answer 8

to trick into doing
something, to lead on
with deception

Question 9

anachronism

Answer 9

anything that is or seems
to be out of its proper
time in history

Question 10

avarice

Answer 10

too great a desire to have
wealth; greed for riches

Question 11

condone

Answer 11

to excuse, forgive, or
pardon; to overlook an
offense

Question 12

hackneyed

Answer 12

made trite and
commonplace by overuse;
stale

Question 13

imperative

Answer 13

required; absolutely necessary; compulsory

Question 14

mundane

Answer 14

worldly, (as distinguished
from heavenly);
commonplace

Question 15

placid

Answer 15

calm; peaceful;

Question 16

spurious

Answer 16

not genuine or true;
lacking in authenticity;
fake

Question 17

stealthy

Answer 17

marked by secrecy or
concealment; furtive; sly

Question 18

urbane

Answer 18

refined; polite and
courteous in a smooth,
polished way; suave

Question 19

pariah

Answer 19

a social outcast; one
despised by society

Question 20

desecrate

Answer 20

to violate the sacredness
of something; to profane;
to treat as if not sacred