Vocab List 4

Question 1

acclaim

Answer 1

praise, approve enthusiastically

Question 2

affable

Answer 2

friendly, kind

Question 3

anachronistic

Answer 3

happening or existing in its wrong historical time

Question 4

avant-garde

Answer 4

something different or unexpected in the arts, experimental

Question 5

blithe

Answer 5

carefree, joyous

Question 6

cantankerous

Answer 6

grouchy, disagreeable

Question 7

charismatic

Answer 7

possessing the ability to inspire and influence others

Question 8

circumspect

Answer 8

careful, cautious

Question 9

compliant

Answer 9

agreeable, yielding, submissive

Question 10

cosmopolitan

Answer 10

worldly, having knowledge of other places in the world

Question 11

daunting

Answer 11

difficult, seeming impossible

Question 12

decorous

Answer 12

proper, polite, well-mannered

Question 13

demagogue

Answer 13

speaker who brings out strong emotions, (negative)

Question 14

devious

Answer 14

sneaky, tricky, finagle, cajole

Question 15

discretion

Answer 15

caution, good judgement

Question 16

dogmatic

Answer 16

stubborn

Question 17

eccentric

Answer 17

odd, strange

Question 18

eradicate

Answer 18

erase

Question 19

enunciation

Answer 19

articulation, pronounciation

Question 20

expropriate

Answer 20

take possession of

Question 21

florid

Answer 21

showy, ornate

Question 22

genial

Answer 22

kind, pleasant

Question 23

heinous

Answer 23

utterly evil

Question 24

incredulous

Answer 24

hard to believe, incredible

Question 25

intrepid

Answer 25

brave, fearless