Vocab list 1

Question 1

Scullion

Answer 1

A servant assigned to menial kitchen tasks
The scullion was washing the dishes

Question 2

Ossified

Answer 2

Having become rigid or fixed in an attitude or position
The politician was ossified on his view of immigration

Question 3

Contingent

Answer 3

Dependent on
My plans are contingent on the weather

Question 4

Languor

Answer 4

The state or feeling (pleasant) of tiredness
August days before school begins are often filled with languor

Question 5

Sentient

Answer 5

Able to perceive things
The book cannot feel when it is dropped, it isn’t sentient

Question 6

Fractious

Answer 6

irritable or quarrelsome
My cat is often fractious towards my dog

Question 7

Solicitude

Answer 7

care or concern for something or someone
Her solicitude was comforting and touching

Question 8

Demure

Answer 8

reserved, modest, or shy
She wears simple and demure makeup styles

Question 9

Demur

Answer 9

to raise doubts or objections
The new policy was accepted without demur

Question 10

Scythe

Answer 10

a tool used to mow grass, grain, or other crops, with a long curved blade
The scythe is a symbol of the Grim Reaper

Question 11

Desultory

Answer 11

lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
His speech was incredibly desultory, it was hard to listen to

Question 12

Jaded

Answer 12

tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm
She was jaded to juvenile behavior after many years of teaching

Question 13

Lascivious

Answer 13

feeling or revealing an overt and often sexual desire
No one wants to be spoken to in a lascivious way

Question 14

Coquette

Answer 14

flirtatious or a woman who flirts
The woman was quite a coquette

Question 15

Propensity

Answer 15

an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way
My cat has a propensity for mischief

Question 16

Sonorous

Answer 16

an imposingly deep and full sound (of a person’s voice)
The teacher gave directions in a sonorous voice

Question 17

Befurbelowed

Answer 17

ornamented with frill
The town was befurbelowed for the holidays

Question 18

Insidious

Answer 18

preceding in a gradual, subtle, way, but with harmful effects
The snake slithered insidiously

Question 19

Lupine

Answer 19

wolf like
Professor Lupin is quite lupine

Question 20

Efface

Answer 20

erase a mark from a surface
I effaced the incorrectly spelled word from my paper

Question 21

Encumbrance

Answer 21

a burden or impediment
My cat was an encumbrance with I tried to do my work

Question 22

Peignoir

Answer 22

A long nightgown for women
Before I go to bed, I must put on my peignoir

Question 23

Reproach

Answer 23

express disapproval or disappointment
The teacher gave the class a look of reproach when no one answered the question

Question 24

Atavistic

Answer 24

relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral
The book was known for its atavistic approach

Question 25

Apocalyptic

Answer 25

resembling the end of the world The storm was almost apocalyptic!

Question 26

Suppurated

Answer 26

fester The wound suppurated while it was untreated

Question 27

Beatific

Answer 27

blissfully happy The day was beatific

Question 28

Remonstrate

Answer 28

make a forcefully reproachful protest I wanted to remonstrate the claim that was made

Question 29

Chagrin

Answer 29

distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated He was chagrined when his mistake was called out

Question 30

Voracious

Answer 30

wanting or devouring great quantities of something I had a voracious appetite after English