Vocab H15

Question 1

adumbrate

Answer 1

(v.) to outline or sketch broadly; to foreshadow or prefigure; to disclose partially

Question 2

apotheosis

Answer 2

(n.) the elevation of a person to a divine rank or status; the glorification of a person as an ideal; a glorified ideal

Question 3

ascetic

Answer 3

(adj.) practicing strict self-denial for the sake of personal or spiritual discipline; (n.) one who leads a life of self-discipline, especially to express religious devotion

Question 4

bauble

Answer 4

(n.) a small, showy ornament of little value or use

Question 5

beguile

Answer 5

(v.) to mislead or deceive; to cheat; to divert; to cause to vanish unnoticed

Question 6

burgeon

Answer 6

(v.) to put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; to develop rapidly or suddenly

Question 7

complement

Answer 7

(n.) something that completes a whole; the quantity or number needed to make up a whole; the full number or allowance; (v.) to complete

Question 8

contumacious

Answer 8

(adj.) obstinately or willfully disobedient; openly rebellious

Question 9

curmedgeon

Answer 9

(n.) an irascible, churlish person

Question 10

didactic

Answer 10

(adj.) intended to instruct, especially morally; inclined to moralize too much

Question 11

disingenous

Answer 11

(adj.) lacking in sincerity or candor

Question 12

exculpate

Answer 12

(v.) to clear of guilt or blame

Question 13

faux pas

Answer 13

(n.) a slip in manners or conduct; a social blunder

Question 14

fulminate

Answer 14

(v.) to denounce or condemn vehemently; to explode, detonate

Question 15

fustian

Answer 15

(n.) inflated or pretentious language in speech or writing; a cloth made of cotton and flax

Question 16

hauteur

Answer 16

(n.) haughtiness of bearing or attitude

Question 17

inhibit

Answer 17

(v.) to restrain or hold back; to hinder or arrest; to prohibit

Question 18

jeremiad

Answer 18

(n.) an elaborate or prolonged lamentation; any tale of woe

Question 19

opportunist

Answer 19

(n.) one who makes a practice of taking advantage of circumstances to further his or her own self-interest, regardless of principles or ultimate consequences

Question 20

unconscionable

Answer 20

(adj.) not guided or restrained by conscience, prudence, or reason; unscrupulous; immoderate