Vocab List 7- Words with Suffix -ous

Question 1

harsh or bitter in disposition, speech, or manner

Answer 1

acrimonious

Question 2

different from the usual or standard; hard to identify or classify because of abnormality

Answer 2

anomalous

Question 3

involving hard labor; to test one’s endurance

Answer 3

arduous

Question 4

irrelevant to the present topic; a nonessential part

Answer 4

extraneous

Question 5

unauthentic or fabricated

Answer 5

factitious

Question 6

involving untrue information that harms someone’s reputation

Answer 6

libelous

Question 7

physically or morally harmful

Answer 7

noxious

Question 8

occurring or appearing after one’s death (as a child born after the death of its father, or a writing published after the death of the author)

Answer 8

posthumous

Question 9

lacking n courage; characterized by weakness of spirit

Answer 9

pusillanimous

Question 10

given to complaining; full of complaints

Answer 10

querulous

Question 11

harsh-sounding or loud; rambunctious and rowdy

Answer 11

raucous

Question 12

taken or done stealthily or secretly; unauthorized

Answer 12

surreptitious