Vocab Quiz 6

Question 1

Profane

Answer 1

Showing contempt toward sacred things

Opposite of holy

Question 2

Propel

Answer 2

To drive or to push forward

Question 3

Propensity

Answer 3

Preference, natural inclination

Question 4

Protrusion

Answer 4

Something sticking out

Question 5

Quaint

Answer 5

Unusual in character or appearance

Question 6

Recluse

Answer 6

A person who lives in solitude, a hermit

Question 7

Predilection

Answer 7

Preference

Question 8

Acquiesce

Answer 8

To give in, to comply

Question 9

Acrimonious

Answer 9

Caustic, opposite of cordial

Question 10

Arid

Answer 10

Very dry

Question 11

Articulate

Answer 11

To speak distictly, expressing oneself clearly

Question 12

Assuage

Answer 12

To ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm

Question 13

Auspicious

Answer 13

Favorable

Question 14

Drone

Answer 14

Speaking in a monotonous tone, a continuous low humming sound

Question 15

Edifying

Answer 15

Instructing or improving spiritually or morally

Question 16

Elucidate

Answer 16

To make clear, to explain

Question 17

Enunciate

Answer 17

To pronounce clearly

Question 18

Fanaticism

Answer 18

Enthusiasm or zeal that is excessively irrational

Question 19

Formidable

Answer 19

Menacing, causing fear or awe

Question 20

Fractious

Answer 20

Unruly

Question 21

Fraudulent

Answer 21

Deceitful, portrayed as genuine but is really an imposter

Question 22

Frivolous

Answer 22

Lacking in seriousness or importance

Question 23

Furtive

Answer 23

Secret in an underhanded way, stealthy