Vocab: Chpt. 3

Question 1

(adj.) magical

Answer 1

fey

Question 2

(adj.) happy, cheery, or homosexual

Answer 2

gay

Question 3

(adj.) inclined to spread throughout

Answer 3

pervasive

Question 4

(v.) to drench, saturate

Answer 4

douse

Question 5

(adj.) flexible, bendable

Answer 5

pliable

Question 6

(n.) the creation of new words, or a new word

Answer 6

neologism

Question 7

(adj.) worthy of praise

Answer 7

commendable

Question 8

(adj.) abundant, lavish, prolific

Answer 8

profuse

Question 9

(adj.) in great numbers

Answer 9

abundant

Question 10

(adj.) bright; beaming

Answer 10

radiant

Question 11

(adj.) fertile, fruitful

Answer 11

fecund

Question 12

(v.) to delay, impede

Answer 12

forestall

Question 13

(v.) to hunt or fish illegally

Answer 13

poach

Question 14

(v.) to restrain, chain, tie

Answer 14

fetter

Question 15

(adj.) symbolic

Answer 15

figurative

Question 16

(adj.) many, of great numbers

Answer 16

myriad

Question 17

(n.) a great number, an abundance

Answer 17

plethora

Question 18

(adj.) sacred, holy

Answer 18

sacrosanct

Question 19

(v.) to invent, make up, concoct

Answer 19

fabricate

Question 20

(adj.) easy

Answer 20

facile

Question 21

(adj.) silly, foolish

Answer 21

fatuous

Question 22

(adj.) showing little enthusiasm, done as duty

Answer 22

perfunctory

Question 23

(adj.) required, not optional

Answer 23

mandatory

Question 24

(adj.) limp

Answer 24

flaccid

Question 25

(adj.) astounded, stupefied

Answer 25

flabbergasted

Question 26

(v.) to rummage, scavenger, graze for food

Answer 26

forage

Question 27

(adj.) immoral, lewd

Answer 27

licentious

Question 28

(adj.) vulgar, offensive, rude

Answer 28

lewd

Question 29

(adj.) indecent, blasphemous

Answer 29

profane

Question 30

(adj.) lucky, occurring by chance

Answer 30

fortuitous

Question 31

(n.) the act of finding things not sought, luck

Answer 31

serendipity

Question 32

(v.) to abolish, often by authority

Answer 32

abrogate

Question 33

(adj.) frigid, cold

Answer 33

algid

Question 34

(adj.) wintry, relating to winter

Answer 34

brumal, hiemal

Question 35

(adj.) excessively poor

Answer 35

impecunious

Question 36

(adj.) unlucky

Answer 36

hapless

Question 37

(n.) an interruption in continuity, a break

Answer 37

hiatus

Question 38

(adj.) sociable, outgoing

Answer 38

gregarious

Question 39

(n.) someone who asks questions or makes an inquiry

Answer 39

inquisitor

Question 40

(n.) a wicked act, a sin

Answer 40

inquity

Question 41

(v.) to urge, provoke

Answer 41

goad

Question 42

(adj.) marked by special intelligence

Answer 42

ingenious

Question 43

(v.) to live, exist

Answer 43

subsist

Question 44

(n.) infamy, known in bad regard

Answer 44

notoriety

Question 45

(v.) to coax through flattery

Answer 45

blandish

Question 46

(n.) compliments, sycophancy

Answer 46

flattery

Question 47

(adh.) harmless

Answer 47

innocuous

Question 48

(n.) a newborn baby

Answer 48

neonate

Question 49

(adj.) without interruption

Answer 49

incessant

Question 50

(v.) to tell a story

Answer 50

narrate

Question 51

(v.) to scorn, ignore, show contempt for

Answer 51

flout

Question 52

(n.) a schoolteacher

Answer 52

pedadogue

Question 53

(v.) to hit or strike

Answer 53

buffet

Question 54

(adj.) daily, everyday

Answer 54

quotidian