Vocab 7

Question 1

Exigent (adj)

Answer 1

Pressing; demanding

Question 2

Extol (v)

Answer 2

To praise enthusiastically

Question 3

Fetid (adj)

Answer 3

Smelling extremely unpleasant

Question 4

Flummox (v)

Answer 4

To bewilder

Question 5

Futile (adj)

Answer 5

Pointless

Question 6

Harangue (n) (v)

Answer 6

A lengthy or aggressive speech

To lecture at length in an aggressive and critical manner

Question 7

Homage (n)

Answer 7

Special honor or respect shown publicly

Question 8

Idiosyncrasy (n)

Answer 8

A distinct or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing

Question 9

Incapacitate (v)

Answer 9

To prevent from functioning in a normal way

Question 10

Indifferent (adj)

Answer 10

Unconcerned, having no particular interest

Question 11

Integrate (v)

Answer 11

To combine separate parts into a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts

Question 12

Laud (v)

Answer 12

To praise highly, especially in a public context

Question 13

Misgiving (n)

Answer 13

A feeling of doubt or apprehension about the consequences of something

Question 14

Mores (n)

Answer 14

The essential or characteristic customs or conventions of a community

Question 15

Nebulous (adj)

Answer 15

Unclear, vague, or ill-defined

Question 16

Pandemic (adj)

Answer 16

Prevalent over a whole country or whole world

Question 17

Panegyric (n)

Answer 17

A speech or text of praise for someone or something

Question 18

Paradox (n)

Answer 18

A statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable.

Question 19

Pedantic (adj)

Answer 19

Being too concerned with literal accuracy or formality in a tiresome way.

Question 20

Persevere (v)

Answer 20

To continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success.

Question 21

Pigmentations (n)

Answer 21

The natural coloring of animal or plant tissue

Question 22

Placate (v)

Answer 22

To make someone less hostile or angry

Question 23

Plaintive (adj)

Answer 23

Sounding sad or mournful

Question 24

Ponderous (adj)

Answer 24

1. Slow or clumsy because of great weight 2. Dull, laborious, or excessively solemn.

Question 25

Exhort (v.)

Answer 25

To encourage or urge someone to do something

Question 26

Procure (v)

Answer 26

To obtain something with care or effort

Question 27

Prosaic (adj)

Answer 27

Commonplace, unromantic, lacking poetic beauty

Question 28

Recalcitrant (adj)

Answer 28

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

Question 29

Remnant (n)

Answer 29

A small remaining quality of a whole

Question 30

Reprove (v)

Answer 30

To reprimand someone or something

Question 31

Repudiate (v)

Answer 31

Refuse to accept or be associated with, to deny the truth of

Question 32

Sanguine (adj)

Answer 32

Optimistic or positive especially in an apparently bad or distressing situation

Question 33

Screed (n)

Answer 33

A long speech or piece of writing regarded as tedious

Question 34

Sheer (adj)

Answer 34

Nothing other than, perpendicular, a very fine nearly transparent fabric

Question 35

Smug (adj)

Answer 35

Having or showing excessive pride in ones achievement

Question 36

Spurious (adj)

Answer 36

Not being what it claims, false or fake

Question 37

Staid (adj)

Answer 37

Respectable, unadventurous, sedate

Question 38

Sullen (adj)

Answer 38

Pouting in a gloomy manner

Question 39

Surly (adj)

Answer 39

Bad-tempered and unfriendly

Question 40

Understate (v)

Answer 40

To describe or represent something as being smaller, worse or less important than it actually is

Question 41

Unprecedented (adj)

Answer 41

Never done or known before

Question 42

Utilitarian (adj)

Answer 42

Designed to be practical or useful rather than attractive