Vocab List #5

Question 0

Munificent

Answer 0

Generous

Question 1

Nihilism

Answer 1

Belief that existence and all traditional values are meaningless

Question 2

Mendacious

Answer 2

Dishonest

Question 3

Ontology

Answer 3

Theory about the nature of existence

Question 4

Perfunctory

Answer 4

Done in routine way

Question 5

Serendipity

Answer 5

Habit of making fortunate discoveries by chance

Question 6

Scintillator

Answer 6

To sparkle to flash to be brilliant

Question 7

Somnolent

Answer 7

Drowsy sleepy including sleep

Question 8

Usury

Answer 8

Practice of lending money at exorbitant rates

Question 9

Vacuous

Answer 9

Empty void lacking intelligence purposeless

Question 10

Patricide

Answer 10

Murder of ones father

Question 11

Panache

Answer 11

Flamboyance, verve; a confident stylish manner

Question 12

Martyr

Answer 12

Person dying for his or her beliefs

Question 13

Maladroit

Answer 13

Clumsy, tactless

Question 14

Invidious

Answer 14

Envious, obnoxious

Question 15

Insidious

Answer 15

Sly, treacherous, devious

Question 16

Husband

Answer 16

To farm; manage carefully and thriftily

Question 17

Frond

Answer 17

A leaf; a leaflike part of a fern or other flower less plant or palm tree

Question 18

Didactic

Answer 18

Intended to teach

Question 19

Cloister

Answer 19

To confine or seclude

Question 20

Boon

Answer 20

Blessing or something to be thankful for

Question 21

Capricious

Answer 21

Impulsive, whimsical, without much thought

Question 22

Bibliophile

Answer 22

Book lover

Question 23

Apotheosis

Answer 23

Glorification glorified idea

Question 24

Xenophobia

Answer 24

Fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers