Vocab Lesson 25 & 26

Question 1

Prolific

Answer 1

Producing many offspring, producing much, abundant

Question 2

Propensity

Answer 2

a natural leaning or tendency, bent

Question 3

Provincial

Answer 3

having the ways and speech of a certain province, of or like country people as apart from city people

Question 4

prudent

Answer 4

careful or cautious in a sensible way, wise, frugal

Question 5

pugnacious

Answer 5

eager and ready to fight, quarrelsome

Question 6

quandary

Answer 6

condition of being doubtful or confused

Question 7

querulous

Answer 7

peevish, faultfinding, expressing or suggestive of complaint

Question 8

quixotic

Answer 8

idealistic and utterly impractical

Question 9

raconteur

Answer 9

a person skilled at telling stories or anecdotes

Question 10

rancor

Answer 10

deep spite or malice, strong hate or bitter feeling

Question 11

raze

Answer 11

to tear down completely, to destroy

Question 12

rebuff

Answer 12

to refuse in a sharp or rude way, to snub, to drive or beat back

Question 13

recalcitrant

Answer 13

refusing to obey rules or follow orders, unmanageably resistant

Question 14

recluse

Answer 14

a person who lives alone, far away from others

Question 15

redundant

Answer 15

wordy, exceeding what is necessary or normal, lavish, overflowing

Question 16

refurbish

Answer 16

to freshen or polish again, to make like new

Question 17

rejuvenate

Answer 17

to make young or fresh again

Question 18

relegate

Answer 18

to put in a less important position, to assign, to banish

Question 19

relic

Answer 19

a thing or part that remains from the past, something kept as sacred because it belonged to a saint

Question 20

remorse

Answer 20

a deep feeling of sorrow or guilt over a wrong one has done