Vocab Exam

Question 1

ominous

Answer 1

suggesting something unpleasant is about to happen; being or exhibiting a bad omen; portending evil or harm

Question 2

abhor

Answer 2

To feel strong aversion or intense dislike for; to regard with extreme repugnance

Question 3

apathy

Answer 3

Lack of feeling or emotion

Question 4

allocate

Answer 4

to give something officially to somebody or something for a particular reason

Question 5

contentious

Answer 5

likely to cause disagreement or argument; quarrelsome;

Question 6

rampant

Answer 6

wild out of control; very common and spreading

Question 7

corrosive

Answer 7

able to destroy or eat away by chemical action

Question 8

deride

Answer 8

To laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at

Question 9

deviate

Answer 9

To do something that is different from the usual or common way of behaving

Question 10

crestfallen

Answer 10

Brought low in spirits; very sad and disappointed; disappointed and sad because of a failed expectancy

Question 11

solace

Answer 11

Give comfort to in grief or misfortune

Question 12

reprehensible

Answer 12

extremely bad or unaccepted

Question 13

ingenuous

Answer 13

very intelligent and skillful

Question 14

exult

Answer 14

Extremely Joyful; great pleasure; or happiness

Question 15

disheveled

Answer 15

hanging loosely or in disorder; unkept

Question 16

supple

Answer 16

bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed

Question 17

turbulent

Answer 17

Moving very strongly and suddenly
-not controlled or calm

Question 18

quandary

Answer 18

a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation

Question 19

palatable

Answer 19

agreeable or pleasant in the sense of taste

Question 20

lamentable

Answer 20

to be regretted; unfortunate

Question 21

suppress

Answer 21

to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop

Question 22

vociferous

Answer 22

making a loud outcry : noisy,

Question 23

revel

Answer 23

s to take great pleasure

Question 24

rancor

Answer 24

a feeling of hate and continuing anger about something in the past

Question 25

sonorous

Answer 25

loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound