Vocab List 14

Question 1

regale

Answer 1

to entertain lavishly

Question 2

vulgar

Answer 2

lack of good breeding or taste

Question 3

countenance

Answer 3

appearance

Question 4

conciliate

Answer 4

to overcome the distrust or hostility of

Question 5

untoward

Answer 5

unfavorable or unfortunate

Question 6

deportment

Answer 6

behavior

Question 7

officious

Answer 7

objectionably aggressive

Question 8

prognosticate

Answer 8

to forecast or predict

Question 9

futile

Answer 9

incapable of producing any result; useless

Question 10

presumptuous

Answer 10

impertinently bold; forward; overconfident

Question 11

cursory

Answer 11

going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty

Question 12

lithe

Answer 12

bending readily; supple; flexible

Question 13

encompass

Answer 13

to form a circle about; to surround

Question 14

preclude

Answer 14

to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible

Question 15

lucrative

Answer 15

profitable

Question 16

cetacean

Answer 16

marine animals

Question 17

dubbing

Answer 17

the conferring of knighthood

Question 18

contrived

Answer 18

obviously planned or forced; artificial

Question 19

tantamount

Answer 19

almost the same or having the same effect as something

Question 20

devise

Answer 20

to contrive, plan, or elaborate

Question 21

corroborate

Answer 21

to make more certain; confirm

Question 22

counterintuitive

Answer 22

counter to what intuition would lead one to expect (common-sense expectation)