Vocab 9

Question 1

Confound

Answer 1

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations

Question 2

Curate

Answer 2

(Noun) A member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a cigar, rector, or parish priest. (Verb) Select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection of exhibition).

Question 3

Ethereal

Answer 3

Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world

Question 4

Gambol

Answer 4

Run or jump about playfully

Question 5

Mutability

Answer 5

Liability or tendency to change

Question 6

Nascent

Answer 6

(Especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential

Question 7

Nonplussed

Answer 7

Unsure about what to say, think, or do

Question 8

Pedantic

Answer 8

Of or like a pendant

Question 9

Quail

Answer 9

(Verb) Feel or show fear or apprehension

Question 10

Rhetorical

Answer 10

Relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric

Question 11

Fatuous

Answer 11

Silly and pointless

Question 12

Febrile

Answer 12

Having or showing the symptoms of a fever

Question 13

Furtive

Answer 13

Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble

Question 14

Incredulous

Answer 14

(Of a person or their manner) Unwilling or unable to believe something

Question 15

Interminable

Answer 15

Endless (often used hyperbolically)

Question 16

Obliquely

Answer 16

Not in a direct way

Question 17

Pernicious

Answer 17

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

Question 18

Sardonic

Answer 18

Grimly mocking or cynical

Question 19

Ultimatum

Answer 19

A final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations

Question 20

Writhe

Answer 20

Make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body