vocab list #3

Question 1

myopic

Answer 1

short-sighted in evert sense
ex: shayne felt a little myopic right neow.

Question 2

obstreperous

Answer 2

noisily and stubbornly defiant
ex: it’s not good to be obstreperous if you are a part of a team.

Question 3

parsimonious

Answer 3

excessively unwilling to spend; cheap
ex: he has a parsimonious nature.

Question 4

perfidious

Answer 4

tending to betray; deceitful
ex: the romans were perfidious.

Question 5

perfunctory

Answer 5

out of habit; lack of attention to detail
ex: a perfunctory thank you.

Question 6

perspicuity

Answer 6

clarity b/c easily understandable
ex: a teacher of real perspicuity would teach best.

Question 7

polemic

Answer 7

a verbal or written attack to a group
ex: a piece of writing can be a polemic.

Question 8

procrastinate

Answer 8

postpone
ex: he procrastinated on his hw.

Question 9

prototype

Answer 9

a standard or typical example
ex: his prototype was pretty good, surprisingly.

Question 10

regressive

Answer 10

opposing progress; returning to a less advance state
ex: the real estate market is regressive atm.

Question 11

sagacity

Answer 11

the trait of wisdom and good judgement
ex: i learned that sagacity and quick wits are necessary in avoiding dangerous situations.

Question 12

sententious

Answer 12

concise and full of meaning (negative)
ex: someone who speaks in sententious phrases makes people fall asleep.

Question 13

tacit

Answer 13

implied without question
ex: holding hands is a tacit acknowledgment that they are dating.

Question 14

tenuous

Answer 14

lacking significance; thin
ex: if you cram, you will have a tenuous grasp of the concept.

Question 15

turgid

Answer 15

swollen; inflated; overblown
ex: his ego was turgid.

Question 16

unctuous

Answer 16

overly flattering; susceptible
ex: being an unctuous jerk, he gave me a gift, hoping i’d give him a record deal.

Question 17

vapid

Answer 17

lacking significance; dull; uninspiring
ex: we prefer not to consider the shockingly vapid comments uttered by athletes in post-contest interviews.

Question 18

voluptuous

Answer 18

attractive and curvy; delightful or pleasurable
ex: marilyn monroe was known for her voluptuous figure.

Question 19

wry

Answer 19

humorously sarcastic or mocking
ex: he has a wry sense of humor.

Question 20

ubiquitous

Answer 20

being present everywhere at once
ex: the ubiquitous east asian internet cafes where young, mostly unmarried men play computer games and surf the internet around the clock.