Vocab List 7

Question 0

Alacrity

Answer 0

Eagerness, speed

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

To abolish usually by authority

Question 2

Boon

Answer 2

A gift or blessing

Question 3

Burnish

Answer 3

To polish, shine

Question 4

Calumny

Answer 4

Attempt to ruin someone’s reputation by spreading lies

Question 5

Contrite

Answer 5

Penitent, eager to be forgiven (for sins)

Question 6

Deleterious

Answer 6

Harmful

Question 7

Discursive

Answer 7

Rambling, lacking order

Question 8

Effulgent

Answer 8

Radiant, splendorous

Question 9

Enervate

Answer 9

To weaken, exhaust

Question 10

Fallacious

Answer 10

Incorrect, misleading

Question 11

Florid

Answer 11

Flowery, ornate

Question 12

Gregarious

Answer 12

Sociable, outgoing

Question 13

Harangue

Answer 13

A ranting speech, verbal attack

Question 14

Hegemony

Answer 14

Domination over others

Question 15

Impassive

Answer 15

Stoic, unemotional

Question 16

Imperious

Answer 16

Commanding, domineering

Question 17

Impervious

Answer 17

Impenetrable , incapable of being effected

Question 18

Implacable

Answer 18

Incapable of being appeased or mitigated

Question 19

Inure

Answer 19

To cause someone to become accustomed with a situation

Question 20

Jubilant

Answer 20

Extremely joyful, happy

Question 21

Laconic

Answer 21

Terse in speech or writing

Question 22

Legerdemain

Answer 22

Deception, slight-of-hand

Question 23

Maelstrom

Answer 23

A destructive whirlpool, storm, tempest

Question 24

Maudlin

Answer 24

Weakly sentimental

Question 25

Mawkish

Answer 25

Characterized my sick sentimentality

Question 26

Mendacious

Answer 26

Lying, untruthful

Question 27

Multifarious

Answer 27

Diverse, varied, motley, sundry

Question 28

Nascent

Answer 28

At the beginning stages, not fully formed; inchoate, incipient

Question 29

Oblique

Answer 29

Diverging from straight line or course, indirect

Question 30

Obsequious

Answer 30

Excessively complaint or submissive, flattering, fawning

Question 31

Officious

Answer 31

Offering services when unwanted or unneeded

Question 32

Opulent

Answer 32

Rich, abundant, ostentatious

Question 33

Palliate

Answer 33

To reduce severity of; alleviate, assuage, mitigate

Question 34

Parsimony

Answer 34

Frugality, stinginess

Question 35

Paucity

Answer 35

A lack of (in quantity), dearth

Question 36

Pellucid

Answer 36

Clear, intelligible, lucid

Question 37

Penurious

Answer 37

Miserly, stingy

Question 38

Protean

Answer 38

Able to change shape, displaying great variety

Question 39

Puerile

Answer 39

Juvenile, immature, sophomoric

Question 40

Pugnacious

Answer 40

Hostile, inclined to fight; bellicose, belligerent, truculent

Question 41

Quagmire

Answer 41

A difficult situation; swamp, morass

Question 42

Querulous

Answer 42

Whiny, complaining

Question 43

Quixotic

Answer 43

Idealistic, impractical

Question 44

Salient

Answer 44

Significant, conspicuous

Question 45

Solipsistic

Answer 45

Believing that ones self is all that exists

Question 46

Staid

Answer 46

Sedate, serious, self-restrained

Question 47

Tenuous

Answer 47

Weak, having little substance or strength

Question 48

Unctuous

Answer 48

Smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner

Question 49

Verdant

Answer 49

Green in tint or color