Vocab Quiz~ 10/26/16

Question 1

Atone

Answer 1

(verb) to make up for

Syn: expiate

Question 2

Bondage

Answer 2

(noun) slavery; any state of being bound

Syn: subjection

Question 3

Credible

Answer 3

(adj.) believable

Syn: plausible

Question 4

Defray

Answer 4

(verb) to pay for

Question 5

Diligent

Answer 5

(adj.) hardworking, industrious

Syn: assiduous, sedulous
Ant: indolent, perfunctory

Question 6

Doleful

Answer 6

(adj.) sad; dreary

Syn: dolorous
Ant: blithe, jaunty, buoyant

Question 7

Ghastly

Answer 7

(adj.) frightful, horrible

Question 8

Hamper

Answer 8

(v.) to hold back

Syn: inhibit

Question 9

Hew

Answer 9

(v.) to shape or cut down with an ax

Question 10

Impoverished

Answer 10

(adj.) poor, in a state of poverty

Syn: destitute, indigent
Ant: affluent

Question 11

Incessant

Answer 11

(adj.) never stopping, going on all the time

Ant: sporadic

Question 12

Intricate

Answer 12

(adj.) complicated; difficult to understand

Syn: convoluted

Question 13

Lucid

Answer 13

(adj.) easy to understand, clear

Syn: limpid
Ant: obscure

Question 14

Posthumous

Answer 14

(adj.) occuring or published after death

Ant: prenatal

Question 15

Prim

Answer 15

(adj.) overly neat, proper

Syn: fastidious, squeamish
Ant: dowdy, frumpy

Question 16

Sardonic

Answer 16

(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

Syn: mordant, acerbic, wry
Ant: saccharine

Question 17

Superfluous

Answer 17

(adj.) exceeding what is required

Syn: supererogatory
Ant: indispensable

Question 18

Supplant

Answer 18

(v.) to take the place of

Syn: oust

Question 19

Taunt

Answer 19

(v.) to jeer at, mock. | (n.) an insulting or mocking remark

Question 20

Tenacious

Answer 20

(adj.) persistent

Syn: obstinate, dogged