Vocab List 1 - The Awakening

Question 0

magazines, little by little, showed pictures of naked men, the movies became less_______

Answer 0

prudish

Question 1

Prudish

Answer 1

Adjective

excessively demure or modest, especially with regards to sexual matters.

Question 2

helps_____ people become less uncomfortable

Answer 2

prudish

Question 3

Chastity

Answer 3

Noun
purity from unlawful sexual intercourse. Exclusion of excess or extravagance; moderation, modesty, restraint

formal or rigid

Question 4

the nuns practiced _____, so none of them had descendants

Answer 4

chastity

Question 5

congenial

Answer 5

adjective
agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character

compatible

Question 6

as the evening continued and the wine took hold, conversation relaxed to a more______ level

Answer 6

congenial

Question 7

prostrate

Answer 7

verb
to cast oneself facedown on the ground in humility, submission, or a duration; to lay flat, on the ground; to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion

Question 8

after the latest case of political corruption, the governor staff quickly rounded up state Senate Republicans, assembly Democrats and watchdog groups to ________ themselves and proclaim the dawn of a clean era in the capital

Answer 8

prostrate

Question 9

Remonstrate

Answer 9

verb
argue or criticize 
complain 
to say or plead in protest , objection, or disproval 
to show

Question 10

whenever I refuse my young daughter anything, she likes to ____ by stomping her feet on the floor

Answer 10

remonstrate

Question 11

Vouchsafe

Answer 11

verb

to grant or give or allow by favor, graciousness, or condescension

Question 12

diminutive

Answer 12

adjective

small, little, tiny.

Question 13

the _____ weight of the small package

Answer 13

diminutive

Question 14

desultory

Answer 14

adjective
disconnected
random
digressing from the main subject

Question 15

_____ efforts were made to establish a civil government, but in the main there was nothing formed.

Answer 15

desultory

Question 16

immutable

Answer 16

adjective

unmovable, unchangeable

Question 17

impetuous

Answer 17

adjective
characterized by rash action or sudden action
moving with great force
violence

Question 18

adjective
characterized by rash action or sudden action
moving with great force
violence

Answer 18

impetuous

Question 19

adjective

unmovable, unchangeable

Answer 19

immutable

Question 20

adjective
disconnected
random
digressing from the main subject

Answer 20

desultory

Question 21

adjective

small, little, tiny.

Answer 21

diminutive

Question 22

verb

to grant or give or allow by favor, graciousness, or condescension

Answer 22

vouchsafe

Question 23

verb
argue or criticize 
complain 
to say or plead in protest , objection, or disproval 
to show

Answer 23

remonstrate

Question 24

verb
to cast oneself facedown on the ground in humility, submission, or a duration; to lay flat, on the ground; to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion

Answer 24

prostrate

Question 25

adjective
agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character

compatible

Answer 25

congenial

Question 26

Adjective

excessively demure or modest, especially with regards to sexual matters.

Answer 26

prudish

Question 27

Noun
purity from unlawful sexual intercourse. Exclusion of excess or extravagance; moderation, modesty, restraint

formal or rigid

Answer 27

chastity

Question 28

imperious

Answer 28

adjective

overbearing, dictatorial, urgent, imperative

Question 29

adjective

overbearing, dictatorial, urgent, imperative

Answer 29

imperious

Question 30

homely

Answer 30

adjective
unattractive
not beautiful; plain; proper or suited to the home/domestic life

Question 31

adjective
unattractive
not beautiful; plain; proper or suited to the home/domestic life

Answer 31

homely

Question 32

contrary to her beautiful appearance in photographs, in person she is rather______

Answer 32

homely

Question 33

flippant

Answer 33

adjective
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness
characterized by levity

Question 34

adjective
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness
characterized by levity

Answer 34

flippant

Question 35

her ____ remark lacked due respect

Answer 35

flippant

Question 36

piquant

Answer 36

adjective

agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor, pleasantly bittering or tart; lively

Question 37

adjective

agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor, pleasantly bittering or tart; lively

Answer 37

piquant

Question 38

her _____ comments were startling but enjoyable

Answer 38

piquant

Question 39

deprecatory

Answer 39

adjective

expressing disproval or protest, or deprecation; apologetic

Question 40

adjective

expressing disproval or protest, or deprecation; apologetic

Answer 40

deprecatory

Question 41

insidious

Answer 41

adjective

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

Question 42

impervious

Answer 42

adjective

not allowing fluid to pass through

Question 43

capricious

Answer 43

adjective given to sudden an unaccountable changes or mood or behavior

Question 44

uncanny

Answer 44

Adjective

strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way

Question 45

supercilious

Answer 45

adjective
behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
arrogant