Vocab, batch #3 (76-100)

Question 1

Sardonic

Answer 1

bitterly sarcastic

Question 2

Acclivity

Answer 2

upward slope

Question 3

Alacrity

Answer 3

cheerful willingness

Question 4

Volition

Answer 4

act of the power of the will

Question 5

Consummate

Answer 5

perfect; superb

Question 6

Ethereal

Answer 6

of the heaven

Question 7

Precipitous

Answer 7

hasty

Question 8

Sublimate

Answer 8

redirect the energy of a person’s bad impulses into socially and morally higher channels

Question 9

Abysmal

Answer 9

deep, profound, immeasurably great

Question 10

Consanguinity

Answer 10

blood relationship

Question 11

Filial

Answer 11

of or like a son or daughter

Question 12

Gentility

Answer 12

good manners

Question 13

Nepotism

Answer 13

favoritism to relatives by those in power

Question 14

Progenitor

Answer 14

forefather

Question 15

Progeny

Answer 15

offspring, children

Question 16

Fusty

Answer 16

stale smelling, musty, moldy

Question 17

Malodorous

Answer 17

ill smelling, stinking, fetid

Question 18

Noisome

Answer 18

harmful, noxious

Question 19

Olfactory

Answer 19

pertaining to sense of smell

Question 20

Antediluvian

Answer 20

antiquated

Question 21

Callow

Answer 21

young, immature

Question 22

Decrepit

Answer 22

weakened by old age

Question 23

Hoary

Answer 23

white/gray with age

Question 24

Obsolescent

Answer 24

going out of use; becoming obsolete

Question 25

Jocose

Answer 25

playfully humorous