Vocab 7-9

Question 1

Austere

Answer 1

Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

Question 2

Beneficent

Answer 2

Performing acts of kindness or charity

Question 3

Cadaverous

Answer 3

Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Question 4

Concoct

Answer 4

To prepare by combining ingredients, make up; to devise, invent

Question 5

Crass

Answer 5

Stupid and without considering how other people might feel

Question 6

Debase

Answer 6

To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade; to cause to deteriorate

Question 7

Desecrate

Answer 7

Treat with violent disrespect; violate, pollute, contaminate

Question 8

Disconcert

Answer 8

To confuse; to disturb the composure of

Question 9

Grandiose

Answer 9

Grand in an impressive or stately way; absurdly exaggerated

Question 10

Inconsequential

Answer 10

Not important or significant

Question 11

Infraction

Answer 11

A breaking of a law or obligation

Question 12

Mitigate

Answer 12

To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

Question 13

Pillage

Answer 13

To rob of goods by open force, plunder, the act of looting

Question 14

Prate

Answer 14

To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

Question 15

Punctilious

Answer 15

Very careful and exact, attentive to find points of etiquette

Question 16

Redoubtable

Answer 16

Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

Question 17

Reprove

Answer 17

Define fault with, scold, rebuke, express disapproval of

Question 18

Restitution

Answer 18

The act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner, making good on a loss or damage

Question 19

Stalwart

Answer 19

Strong and sturdy, brave, resolute, a strong supporter, one who takes an uncompromising position

Question 20

Vulnerable

Answer 20

Open to attack, capable of being wounded or damaged, unprotected

Question 21

Acrimonious

Answer 21

Stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Question 22

Bovine

Answer 22

Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

Question 23

Consternation

Answer 23

Dismay, confusion;
Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected

Question 24

Corpulent

Answer 24

Fat, having a large, bulky body

Question 25

Disavow

Answer 25

To deny responsibility for or connection with

Question 26

Dispassionate

Answer 26

Impartial, calm, free from emotion

Question 27

Dissension

Answer 27

Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Question 28

Dissipate

Answer 28

To cause to disappear, to scatter, dispel, to spend foolishly, to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

Question 29

Expurgate

Answer 29

To remove objectionable, passages or words from a text, to cleanse, purify

Question 30

Gauntlet

Answer 30

An armored or protective glove, a challenge, two lines of men arm with weapons with which to beat a person formed to run between them

Question 31

Hypothetical

Answer 31

Based on an assumption, or guess, use as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

Question 32

Ignoble

Answer 32

Mean, low, base, not honorable in character or purpose

Question 33

Impugn

Answer 33

To call into question, to attack as false

Question 34

Intemperate

Answer 34

Immoderate, lacking in self-control, inclined

Question 35

Odium

Answer 35

Hatred, contempt, disgrace or infamy, resulting from hateful conduct

Question 36

Perfidy

Answer 36

An act of betrayal, dishonesty, deceitfullness, untrustworthiness

Question 37

Relegate

Answer 37

To place in a lower position, to assign, refer, turnover, to banish

Question 38

Squeamish

Answer 38

Inclined to nausea, easily shocked, or upset, excessively free find

Question 39

Subservient

Answer 39

Willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes is less important than those of others

Question 40

Susceptible

Answer 40

Open to, easily influence, lacking, and resistance

Question 41

Abate

Answer 41

To make less in amount, degree, etc., to subside, become less, to deduct

Question 42

Adulation

Answer 42

Praise or flattery that is excessive

Question 43

Anathema

Answer 43

An object of intense dislike, a curse or strong denunciation

Question 44

Astute

Answer 44

Shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom

Question 45

Avarice

Answer 45

Agreed to desire, particularly for wealth

Question 46

Culpable

Answer 46

Deserving blame, worthy of condemnation

Question 47

Dilatory

Answer 47

Tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt

Question 48

Egregious

Answer 48

Outstandingly bad, shocking, conspicuous

Question 49

Equivocate

Answer 49

To speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation, to be deliberately vague or ambiguous

Question 50

Evanescent

Answer 50

Vanishing, soon passing away, light and airy

Question 51

Irresolute

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Unable to make up one’s mind, hesitating

Question 52

Nebulous

Answer 52

Cloud light, resembling a cloud, not transparent, vague, confused

Question 53

Novice

Answer 53

One who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience

Question 54

Penury

Answer 54

Extreme poverty, bareness, insufficiency

Question 55

Pretentious

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Done for show, striving to make a big impression, claiming merit or position unjustifiably, making demands on one skill or abilities

Question 56

Recapitulate

Answer 56

To review a series of facts, to sum up

Question 57

Resuscitate

Answer 57

To revive, bring back to consciousness or existence

Question 58

Slovenly

Answer 58

Untidy, dirty, careless

Question 59

Supposition

Answer 59

Something that is assumed or taken for granite without conclusive evidence

Question 60

Torpid

Answer 60

Inactive, sluggish, dull