Vocab Quiz #3

Question 1

Alacrity

Answer 1

cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond.

Question 2

Belie

Answer 2

to give a false impression or contradict.

Question 3

Culpable

Answer 3

deserving blame or responsibility for something wrong.

Question 4

Debacle

Answer 4

a sudden, disastrous failure or collapse.

Question 5

Depravity

Answer 5

moral corruption or wickedness.

Question 6

Didactic

Answer 6

intended to teach, often with a moral lesson.

Question 7

Elysian

Answer 7

relating to paradise; delightful or blissful.

Question 8

Exhort

Answer 8

to strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.

Question 9

Expedient

Answer 9

practical or convenient, often at the expense of ethics.

Question 10

Fallacious

Answer 10

based on a mistaken belief or false reasoning.

Question 11

Felicity

Answer 11

intense happiness; a pleasing ability to find the right expression.

Question 12

Frivolous

Answer 12

lacking in seriousness or importance; trivial.

Question 13

Incorrigible

Answer 13

impossible to correct, control, or reform.

Question 14

Pretentious

Answer 14

attempting to impress by pretending greater importance or talent than is possessed.

Question 15

Recant

Answer 15

to formally withdraw a statement or belief.

Question 16

Rejoinder

Answer 16

a quick or witty reply, often in argument.

Question 17

Scrupulous

Answer 17

very careful to do the right thing; having strong moral integrity.

Question 18

Strident

Answer 18

loud, harsh, or forcefully insistent.

Question 19

Vilify

Answer 19

to speak or write about someone in a harsh or critical way.

Question 20

Wry

Answer 20

dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony or mockery.