Vocab Part 3

Question 1

Quiescent

Answer 1

In a state or period of inactivity or dormancy.

Question 2

Eschew

Answer 2

Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.

Question 3

Vitiating

Answer 3

Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.

Question 4

Specious

Answer 4

Misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive.

Question 5

Ribald

Answer 5

Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.

Question 6

Ambivalence

Answer 6

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Question 7

Languid

Answer 7

Weak or faint from illness or fatigue.

Question 8

Gratuitous

Answer 8

Given or done free of charge.

Question 9

Propitious

Answer 9

Giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.

Question 10

Strident

Answer 10

Loud and harsh; grating.

Question 11

Trite

Answer 11

(Of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.

Question 12

Insipid

Answer 12

Lacking vigor or interest.

Question 13

Paucity

Answer 13

The presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity.

Question 14

Consolidate

Answer 14

1. Make (something) physically stronger or more solid.

2. Combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole.

Question 15

Abrogate

Answer 15

Repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).

Question 16

Interpolate

Answer 16

Insert (something of a different nature) into something else.

Question 17

Pithy

Answer 17

(Of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive.

Question 18

Inordinate

Answer 18

Unusually or disproportionately large; excessive.

Question 19

Precluded

Answer 19

Prevent from happening; make impossible.

Question 20

Veracity

Answer 20

Conformity to facts; accuracy.

Question 21

Unflappable

Answer 21

Having or showing calmness in a crisis.

Question 22

Profuse

Answer 22

(Especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant.