Vocab 8

Question 1

Criterion

Answer 1

Standard for judging; a test

Question 2

Deter

Answer 2

To discourage; to keep someone from doing something

Question 3

Forlorn

Answer 3

Left alone and neglected; unhappy

Question 4

Incipient

Answer 4

In an early stage

Question 5

Pique

Answer 5

To hurt the feelings or make resentful; tortoise or excite

Question 6

Profane

Answer 6

Not holy; not connected with religion; irreverent

Question 7

Rebuff

Answer 7

To refuse in a sharp or rude way

Question 8

Squalid

Answer 8

Dirty; morally repulsive

Question 9

Stagnate

Answer 9

To lie inactive; to fail to progress or develop

Question 10

Critical

Answer 10

inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily

Question 11

Forthright

Answer 11

directly frank without hesitation; blunt; candid.

Question 12

Intimate

Answer 12

closely acquainted; familiar, close

Question 13

Optimistic

Answer 13

hopeful, cheerful; believe that the best will happen.

Question 14

Pessimistic

Answer 14

seeing the worst side of things; tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful

Question 15

Sardonic

Answer 15

scornfully and bitterly sarcastic; cynical.

Question 16

Abstract

Answer 16

Not applied or practical; hard to understand