Vocab "G"

Question 1

Prodigious

Answer 1

The amount of salt used was prodigious in size.

Question 2

Stoic

Answer 2

The soldier was stoic, showing almost no emotion

Question 3

Subsequent

Answer 3

The event will occur at a subsequent or later after lunch.

Question 4

Tactile

Answer 4

The tactile lizard can be recognized by touch.

Question 5

Tenacious

Answer 5

The tenacious girl kept a firm hold on her toy

Question 6

Topohgraphy

Answer 6

The land of Denver has interesting topography

Question 7

Translucent

Answer 7

He had a translucent window that had light pass through it.

Question 8

Tryst

Answer 8

The two had a tryst, or an agreement to meet alone

Question 9

Umbrage

Answer 9

He took great umbrage and offense to his jokes.

Question 10

Uncanny

Answer 10

The movie was uncanny and strange

Question 11

Ungainly

Answer 11

The conversation was ungainly and awkward.

Question 12

Unwittingly

Answer 12

He unwittingly broke the car without being aware.

Question 13

Vanguard

Answer 13

The general was the vanguard, being forefront over others.

Question 14

Variegated

Answer 14

The variegated dress varied in appearance of color

Question 15

Venerable

Answer 15

The venerable priest was highly respected

Question 16

Verbose

Answer 16

The verbose student was very talkative and chatty

Question 17

Virtuoso

Answer 17

He is a musical virtuoso, being highly skilled in music.

Question 18

Bellicose

Answer 18

I saw a group of bellicose and aggressive parrots.

Question 19

Bemoan

Answer 19

He bemoaned and expressed discontent over the hotel.

Question 20

Bequeath

Answer 20

In his will, my grandpa bequeathed his money to my family.

Question 21

Beret

Answer 21

You should try a round and beret cowboy hat.

Question 22

Consummate

Answer 22

The consummate sculpture was absolute perfection.

Question 23

Contrite

Answer 23

He was contrite, expressing remorse over his dad.

Question 24

Contumacious

Answer 24

The contumacious gang was disobedient towards authority

Question 25

Conundrum

Answer 25

This difficult question was quite the conundrum.

Question 26

Embroil

Answer 26

His stand on this issue embroiled him in a conflict.

Question 27

Emulate

Answer 27

He tried to emulate and imitate the magician with no success.

Question 28

Encumbrance

Answer 28

Poverty was a lifelong encumbrance and hinderance.