Vocab list lesson 10

Question 1

majordomo

Answer 1

n. a chief butler or assistant

Question 2

untenable

Answer 2

adj impossible to defend or justify

Question 3

perambulate

Answer 3

v. to walk about; to stroll

Question 4

veneer

Answer 4

n. a thin, attractive layer that conceals something common or coarse

Question 5

timorous

Answer 5

adj. timid

Question 6

luminous

Answer 6

adj. emitting light

Question 7

circuitous

Answer 7

adj. indirect; roundabout

Question 8

perquisite

Answer 8

n. a tip or payment in addition to regular wages

Question 9

probity

Answer 9

n. integrity; respectability

Question 10

polemical

Answer 10

adj. to controversy or argument

Question 11

tacit

Answer 11

adj, indicated but not expressed; implied silently

Question 12

largesse

Answer 12

n. generosity

Question 13

indolent

Answer 13

adj. lazy

Question 14

circumlocution

Answer 14

n. unnecessarily wordy or evasive language

Question 15

depredate

Answer 15

v. to plunder and pillage