Vocab Day 8

Question 1

Accentuate

Answer 1

make more noticeable or prominent

Question 2

Conjectural

Answer 2

based on or involving conjecture, speculative

Question 3

Convivial

Answer 3

friendly, lively and enjoyable

Question 4

Decadent

Answer 4

characterized by a state of moral or cultural decline, person who is luxuriously self-indulgent

Question 5

Egregious

Answer 5

outrageously bad or offensive
Edie made the egregious mistake of asking the slightly overweight woman if she were expecting a baby.
Word Forms: egregiously, egregiousness

Question 6

Evanescence

Answer 6

soon passing out of sight, memory or existence, quickly fading or disappearing

Many people believe that youth is evanescent, quickly vanishing before it can be truly appreciated.
Word Forms: evanescently, evanesce, evanescence Related Word: vanish

Question 7

Flamboyant

Answer 7

tending to attract attention because of confidence, stylishness/ bright, colorful and noticeable

Question 8

Forestall

Answer 8

prevent or obstruct by taking advanced action

Question 9

Gainsay

Answer 9

deny, contradict, speak against or oppose

Question 10

Galvanize

Answer 10

shock or excite someone into taking action

Question 11

Indiscriminate

Answer 11

done at random or without careful judgment

Question 12

Innocuous

Answer 12

harmless

No one had to be evacuated after the tanker spill, as the gas released was innocuous.

Word Forms: innocuously, innocuousness, innocuity Antonym Forms: nocuous, nocuously, nocuousness
Related Word: inoculate

Question 13

Momentary

Answer 13

lasting very short time, brief

Question 14

Mundane

Answer 14

ordinary and somewhat boring

While a trip to the beach had once been exciting, we went so often that it had become mundane.

Word Forms: mundanely, mundaneness, mundanity

Question 15

Nettlesome

Answer 15

causing annoyance or difficulty

Question 16

Nullify

Answer 16

make null and void, invalidate

Question 17

Obviate

Answer 17

to prevent any perceived difficulty | remove, avoid or prevent

The car seat manufacturer obviated the risk of injury by removing the cup holder from the most recent model.

Word Forms: obviable, obviation, obviator, preobviate Antonym Form: unobviable

Question 18

Omnipresent

Answer 18

existing everywhere at once; omnipresent
The fog was ubiquitous, blanketing the countryside.
Word Forms: ubiquitously, ubiquitousness Antonym Form: nonubiquitary, nonubiquitous, nonubiquitously

Question 19

Oust

Answer 19

drive out or expel from a position or place

Question 20

Palpable

Answer 20

so intense as to seem, almost tangible/ plain to see or comprehend, able to be touched or felt

Question 21

Perfidy

Answer 21

state of being deceitful and untrustworthy

Question 22

Profuse

Answer 22

abundant

Question 23

Pugnacious

Answer 23

eager to argue, quarrel or fight

Question 24

Sagacious

Answer 24

adj) acutely insightful and wise | wise or shrewd, intelligent

The sagacious teacher was quickly able to pinpoint Sarah’s learning disability, and thus tailor lessons to better help
the child comprehend the material.

Word Forms: sagaciously, sagaciousness, sagacity Related Word: sage

Question 25

Sanguine

Answer 25

adj) confidently optimistic and cheerful
Dr. Sanchez enjoyed working with Sandy, his most sanguine patient; she was always confident that her test results
would be good, and if they weren’t, she was optimistic about her treatment.
Word Forms: sanguinely, sanguineness, sanguinity

Question 26

Scant

Answer 26

insufficient or barely sufficient

Question 27

Skullduggery

Answer 27

dishonest behavior or activities/ trickery

Question 28

Trivial

Answer 28

of little value or importance

Question 29

Utilitarian

Answer 29

designed to be useful or practical rather

Question 30

Vapid

Answer 30

offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging/ bland