Vocab Lessons 5-6

Question 1

meticulous

Answer 1

Overly or unduly careful
about small details;
extremely careful (adj)

Question 2

altruism

Answer 2

Unselfish concern for the
welfare of others;
selflessness (noun)

Question 3

ameliorate

Answer 3

To improve or make

better (verb)

Question 4

rustic

Answer 4

Characteristic of the
country and country
people; simple and
unsophisticated (adj)

Question 5

deride

Answer 5

To make fun of; to scorn (verb)

Question 6

diffident

Answer 6

Lacking self confidence; timid; shy (adj)

Question 7

ostracize

Answer 7

To exclude someone from
a social group by general
consent (verb)

Question 8

truculent

Answer 8

Savage; cruel; fierce; warlike (adj)

Question 9

vindicate

Answer 9

To clear of suspicion, as
of a charge of
wrongdoing (verb)

Question 10

pugnacious

Answer 10

Eager and ready to fight; quarrelsome (adj)

Question 11

forbidding

Answer 11

looking dangerous,
threatening, disagreeable,
repellent (adj)

Question 12

inane

Answer 12

foolish, silly, lacking
sense or meaning (adj)

Question 13

inure

Answer 13

to become accustomed to
something, difficult,
painful, etc. (verb)

Question 14

anarchy

Answer 14

the complete absence of
government, political
disorder or violence,
disorder in any activity (noun)

Question 15

enmity

Answer 15

hostility, antagonism,
hatred; the bitter feelings
of an enemy (noun)

Question 16

sinecure

Answer 16

any office or position that
brings profit or advantage
without involving much
work or responsibility (noun)

Question 17

tacit

Answer 17

not expressed or declared
openly, but implied or
understood (adj)

Question 18

inveigle

Answer 18

to trick into doing
something, to lead on
with deception (verb)

Question 19

anachronism

Answer 19

anything that is or seems
to be out of its proper
time in history (noun)

Question 20

avarice

Answer 20

too great a desire to have
wealth; greed for riches (noun)