Vocab Group 20

Question 0

hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

Answer 0

Cursory

Question 1

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Answer 1

Rueful

Question 2

reflect deeply on a subject

Answer 2

Ruminate

Question 3

in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock

Answer 3

Stupefied

Question 4

showing a brooding ill humor

Answer 4

Morose

Question 5

reduced to nothingness

Answer 5

Obliterate

Question 6

poor enough to need help from others

Answer 6

Destitute

Question 7

speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

Answer 7

Enunciate

Question 8

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

Answer 8

Furtive

Question 9

give encouragement to

Answer 9

Embolden

Question 10

knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

Answer 10

Prudence

Question 11

free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression

Answer 11

Clarity

Question 12

place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

Answer 12

Align

Question 13

the striking of one body against another

Answer 13

Impact

Question 14

a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

Answer 14

Remorse

Question 15

used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

Answer 15

Menial

Question 16

express criticism toward

Answer 16

Reproach

Question 17

foul and run-down and repulsive

Answer 17

Squalid

Question 18

freedom to act or judge on one’s own

Answer 18

Discretion

Question 19

impossible to determine the meaning of

Answer 19

Indecipherable