Vocab List 3 and 4

Question 1

reticent

Answer 1

adjective - quiet, reserved, or uncommunicative

Question 2

travail

Answer 2

noun - hard work; exhausting labor; agony

Question 3

opulence

Answer 3

noun - wealth, luxury, or abundance

Question 4

arduous

Answer 4

adjective - difficult, strenuous, or hard to achieve

Question 5

paltry

Answer 5

adjective - practically worthless

Question 6

abduct

Answer 6

verb - to carry off by force

Question 7

tractable

Answer 7

adjective - easily managed, taught, or controlled

Question 8

obliterate

Answer 8

verb - to do away with or destroy; to blot out completely

Question 9

prodigious

Answer 9

adjective - extraordinary in size or amount; enormous

Question 10

haughty

Answer 10

adjective -having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt, or scorn for others

Question 11

equanimity

Answer 11

noun - evenness of mind or temper; calmness; composure

Question 12

exacerbate

Answer 12

verb - to irritate or make bitter; to make more violent

Question 13

gratuity

Answer 13

noun - a tip; payment for service for which no bill is offered

Question 14

incredulous

Answer 14

adjective - skeptical; doubtful; too extraordinary to be believed

Question 15

loquacious

Answer 15

adjective - talkative; chatty

Question 16

reprehensible

Answer 16

adjective - deserving blame; wrong

Question 17

stringent

Answer 17

adjective - strict; rigid; exacting

Question 18

taciturn

Answer 18

adjective - habitually silent; not given to conversation

Question 19

ubiquitous

Answer 19

adjective - present everywhere

Question 20

vapid

Answer 20

adjective - having lost its spirit or zest; spiritless