Vocab List 4

Question 1

unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others

Answer 1

altruism

Question 2

being at difference : disagreeing; quarrelsome

Answer 2

discordant

Question 3

tending to overwhelm or intimidate

Answer 3

daunting

Question 4

a strong and continued inclination

Answer 4

penchant

Question 5

marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest; causing no trouble or symptoms

Answer 5

quiescent

Question 6

existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread

Answer 6

ubiquitous

Question 7

harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way

Answer 7

deleterious

Question 8

sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

Answer 8

caustic

Question 9

the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal : treachery

Answer 9

perfidy/perfidious

Question 10

able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception

Answer 10

clairvoyance

Question 11

difficult or irritating to deal with

Answer 11

cantankerous

Question 12

Praise; approving

Answer 12

approbation

Question 13

very well suited or expressed : apt

Answer 13

felicitous

Question 14

inconvenient, unseasonable

Answer 14

inopportune

Question 15

an emotion of sympathetic pity

Answer 15

pathos

Question 16

lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness; lack of interest or concern : indifference

Answer 16

apathy

Question 17

a strong feeling of dislike

Answer 17

antipathy

Question 18

of, relating to, or resembling a tree; inhabiting or frequenting trees

Answer 18

arboreal

Question 19

green in tint or color; green with growing plants

Answer 19

verdant

Question 20

fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree

Answer 20

fecund

Question 21

wise through reflection and experience

Answer 21

sage/sagacious

Question 22

arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination; lecherous, lustful

Answer 22

salacious

Question 23

vigorously effective and articulate, sharply perceptive

Answer 23

trenchant

Question 24

eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

Answer 24

truculent