Vocab list 10

Question 1

Apocryphal

Answer 1

Of doubtful authority or authenticity; equivocal, spurious.

Question 2

Caprice/Capricious/Capriciously

Answer 2

A tendency to change one’s mind, attitude, behavior without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality.

Question 3

Censure

Answer 3

(As noun) 1: The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.
2: An official reprimand or expression of disapproval.
(As verb) 1: To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to criticize severely.
2: To express official disapproval of.

Question 4

Ephemeral

Answer 4

1: Lasting one day only.
2: Lasting a very short time; short-lived, transient, fleeting, momentary

Question 5

Harbinger

Answer 5

(As noun) A forerunner; a precursor; a person or thing that announces or foreshadows what is to come.
(As verb) To signal the approach of; to presage; to be a harbinger of.

Question 6

Insinuate/Insinuation

Answer 6

1: To imply in a subtle or devious way.
2: To introduce or insert (oneself) using subtle or devious maneuvers.

Question 7

Microcosm

Answer 7

1: A little world; a miniature universe; humanity, society, viewed as an epitome or representation of the world or universe.
2: A smaller representative unity having analogies to a larger unity.

Question 8

Primeval

Answer 8

Of or relating to the earliest ages (as of the world or human history); ancient, primitive.

Question 9

Sporadic/Sporadically

Answer 9

1: Appearing or happening at irregular intervals.
2: Appearing in scattered or isolated instances.

Question 10

Uncouth/Uncouthly/Uncouthness

Answer 10

1: Unrefined in appearance, conduct or speech; rude, vulgar.
2: Strange, awkward, or clumsy in shape or appearance.