Vocab H9

Question 1

beatitude

Answer 1

(n.) a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing

Question 2

bête noire

Answer 2

(n.) someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids

Question 3

bode

Answer 3

(v.) to be an omen of, to indicate by signs

Question 4

dank

Answer 4

(adj.) unpleasantly damp or wet

Question 5

ecumenical

Answer 5

(adj.) worldwide or universal in influence or application

Question 6

fervid

Answer 6

(adj.) burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated

Question 7

fetid

Answer 7

(adj.) having an unpleasant or offensive odor

Question 8

gargantuan

Answer 8

(adj. ) of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious
syn: colossal

Question 9

heyday

Answer 9

(n.) the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years

Question 10

incubus

Answer 10

(n.) a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare

Question 11

infrastructure

Answer 11

(n.) a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations

Question 12

inveigle

Answer 12

(v.) to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice

Question 13

kudos

Answer 13

(n.) the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement

Question 14

lagniappe

Answer 14

(n.) an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity

Question 15

prolix

Answer 15

(adj. ) long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way
ant: terse, laconic

Question 16

protégé

Answer 16

(n.) someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government

Question 17

prototype

Answer 17

(n.) an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form

Question 18

sycophant

Answer 18

(n.) someone who attempts to win favors or advance him-or herself by flattery or servile behavior

Question 19

tautology

Answer 19

(n. ) needless repetition of an idea by using different but equal words; a redundancy
syn: pleonasm

Question 20

truckle

Answer 20

(v. ) to yield or submit tamely or submissively

syn: kowtow, grovel