Vocab Lists 5 and 6

Question 1

Meticulous

Answer 1

Overly or unduly careful about small details; extremely careful

Question 2

Altruism – (altruist)

Answer 2

Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness

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; to scorn

Question 6

Diffident

Answer 6

Lacking self confidence; timid; shy

Question 7

Ostracize

Answer 7

To exclude someone from a social group by general consent

Question 8

Truculent

Answer 8

Savage; cruel; fierce; warlike

Question 9

Vindictive

Answer 9

To clear of suspicion, as 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

Anarchy

Answer 13

The complete absence of government, political disorder or violence, disorder in any activity

Question 14

Enmity

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Sinecure

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Tacit

Answer 16

Not expressed or declared openly, but implied or understood

Question 17

Inveigle

Answer 17

To trick into doing something, to lead with deception

Question 18

Anachronism

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Avarice

Answer 19

Too great a desire to have wealth; greed for riches

Question 20

Inure

Answer 20

To become accustomed to something, difficult, painful, etc