Vocab- Final

Question 1

a protest

Answer 1

Remonstrance

Question 2

distinct, clearly or sharply defined

Answer 2

Trenchant

Question 3

A fit or fever or shivering or shaking chills, accompanied by pains in the bones or joints

Answer 3

Ague

Question 4

a cloth, often made of or trimmed of lace, worn about the neck by men, especially in the 17th century

Answer 4

Cravat

Question 5

to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity

Answer 5

Commiserating

Question 6

a sermon

Answer 6

Homily

Question 7

a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes

Answer 7

Mangle

Question 8

lacking interest or imaginativeness

Answer 8

Arid

Question 9

a cleansing with water

Answer 9

Ablutions

Question 10

knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.

Answer 10

Erudition

Question 11

to waste time or dawdle

Answer 11

Loiter

Question 12

to eat greedily or ravenously

Answer 12

Gormandizing

Question 13

meditation, pondering

Answer 13

Rumination

Question 14

restraint in speaking

Answer 14

Reticence

Question 15

frustration of hopes or plans

Answer 15

Discomfiture

Question 16

well-suited for the occasion

Answer 16

felicitous

Question 17

an ornamental piece for the center of a table, for holding fruit, flowers, etc.

Answer 17

Epergne

Question 18

A person who is not what they claim or pretend to be; an impostor

Answer 18

Humbugs

Question 19

not profitable

Answer 19

Remunerative

Question 20

stupidity

Answer 20

Imbecility

Question 21

Conciliation

Answer 21

propitiation

Question 22

mental irregularities

Answer 22

Aberration

Question 23

unfavorable

Answer 23

Untoward

Question 24

hypothetical

Answer 24

Suppositious

Question 25

trying to hide something

Answer 25

Subterfuge

Question 26

a person who fights with the fists; boxer, usually a professional

Answer 26

Pugilistic

Question 27

great rapture or delight

Answer 27

Ecstatic

Question 28

highly elevated, jubilant

Answer 28

Exultant