Vocab day 1

Question 1

ambivalent

Answer 1

having mixed feelings

Question 2

anomaly

Answer 2

deviation from the norm

Question 3

anomalous

Answer 3

atypical

Question 4

sarcastic

Answer 4

mocking

Question 5

dearth

Answer 5

lack

Question 6

prattle

Answer 6

to babble

Question 7

wry

Answer 7

dry

Question 8

droll

Answer 8

humorous with a clever twist of irony

Question 9

fastidious

Answer 9

difficult to please

Question 10

painstaking

Answer 10

extremely careful

Question 11

audacious

Answer 11

very bold

Question 12

indifferent

Answer 12

lack of care

Question 13

diffident

Answer 13

hesitant with lack of confidence

Question 14

self-effacing

Answer 14

unassertive

Question 15

pragmatic

Answer 15

practical

Question 16

evocation

Answer 16

imaginative recreation of something

Question 17

presumptuous

Answer 17

bold

Question 18

recalcitrant

Answer 18

stubbornly resistant

Question 19

boon

Answer 19

blessing

Question 20

bane

Answer 20

a source of harm

Question 21

clandestine

Answer 21

secret

Question 22

surreptitious

Answer 22

covert

Question 23

genial

Answer 23

friendly

Question 24

austere

Answer 24

stern

Question 25

austerity

Answer 25

self-denial, discipline

Question 26

reproach

Answer 26

rebuke

Question 27

antiquated

Answer 27

outdated

Question 28

auspicious

Answer 28

very favorable

Question 29

propitious

Answer 29

very favorable

Question 30

morose

Answer 30

depressed

Question 31

impasse

Answer 31

stalemate

Question 32

anachronism

Answer 32

a false assignment of an event

Question 33

belie

Answer 33

contradict

Question 34

mollify

Answer 34

to lessen

Question 35

assuage

Answer 35

to relieve

Question 36

trite

Answer 36

unoriginal

Question 37

hackneyed

Answer 37

overused

Question 38

platitudinous

Answer 38

commonplace

Question 39

banal

Answer 39

cliched

Question 40

insipid

Answer 40

overused