Vocab 7

Question 1

Adulation

Answer 1

Flattery; excessive praise

Question 2

Anathema

Answer 2

A cursed person or thing; an unacceptable idea

Question 3

Atrophy

Answer 3

To wither from disuse; to waste away

Question 4

Benign

Answer 4

Kindly; harmless; not aggressive

Question 5

Caustic

Answer 5

Corrosive; critical; cutting; scornful

Question 6

Condescend

Answer 6

To act beneath one’s (social) position; to talk down to someone

Question 7

Culinary

Answer 7

Having to do with food or cooking; gastronomical

Question 8

Deride

Answer 8

To belittle; to make fun of; to laugh at; to ridicuke

Question 9

Disparage

Answer 9

To criticize; to consider of little worth; to detract from

Question 10

Eloquence

Answer 10

Grace of language of expression; fluent, persuasive speaking of writing

Question 11

Euphemism

Answer 11

A mild word or phrase substituted for one that is considered too blunt, vulgar or embarrassing; talking around unpleasant or impolite information

Question 12

Fanatical

Answer 12

Devoted; very passionate, sometimes to a fault; zealous

Question 13

Gestate

Answer 13

To carry an embryo from conception to birth; to develop the seed of a thought over time