Vocab List 5+6

Question 1

meticulous

Answer 1

overly careful about small details

Question 2

altruism (altruist)

Answer 2

selflessness; unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Question 3

ameliorate

Answer 3

to improve or make better

Question 4

rustic

Answer 4

characteristic of the country and country people; simple and unsophisticated

Question 5

deride

Answer 5

to make fun of; scorn

Question 6

diffident

Answer 6

lacking self confidence; shy

Question 7

ostracize

Answer 7

to exclude someone from a social group by general consent

Question 8

truculent

Answer 8

cruel, fierce, warlike

Question 9

vindicate

Answer 9

to clear of suspicion, as of a charge of wrongdoing

Question 10

pugnacious

Answer 10

eager and ready to fight, quarrelsome

Question 11

forbidding

Answer 11

looking dangerous, threatening, disagreeable, repellent

Question 12

inane

Answer 12

foolish, silly, lacking sense or meaning

Question 13

inure

Answer 13

to become accustomed to something, difficult, painful etc

Question 14

anarchy

Answer 14

political disorder

Question 15

enmity

Answer 15

hatred; hostility, antagonism, the bitter feelings of an enemy

Question 16

sinecure

Answer 16

any office or position that brings profit or advantage without involving much work or responsibility

Question 17

tacit

Answer 17

not expressed or declared openly, but implied or understood

Question 18

inveigle

Answer 18

to trick into doing something, to lead on with deception

Question 19

anachronism

Answer 19

anything that is or seems to be out of its proper time in history

Question 20

avarice

Answer 20

too great a desire to have wealth; greed for riches