Vocab Quiz | Oscar Wao | 12/9/22

Question 1

Callow

Answer 1

Young and inexperienced.

Question 2

Milieu

Answer 2

Environmental condition.

Question 3

Dolorous

Answer 3

Showing sorrow.

Question 4

Ostensibly

Answer 4

(Judging something) From appearances alone.

Question 5

Subversive

Answer 5

Radical supporter of political or social revolution.

Question 6

Numinous

Answer 6

Having a strong religious or spiritual quality or suggesting the presence of a divinity.

Question 7

Innocuous

Answer 7

Harmless. Lacking intent or capacity to injury.

Question 8

Contemptuous

Answer 8

Showing extreme scorn or disrespect.

Question 9

Pulchritude

Answer 9

Beauty, especially of a woman.

Question 10

Ineffable

Answer 10

Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

Question 11

Apocalyptic

Answer 11

Prophetic devastation or ultimate doom.

Question 12

Cantankerous

Answer 12

Stubborn, uncooperative.

Question 13

Avuncular

Answer 13

Relating to an uncle.

Question 14

Akimbo

Answer 14

Bent outward w/ joint away from the body.

Question 15

Porcine

Answer 15

Repellently fat, resembling a pig.

Question 16

Hapless

Answer 16

Unfortunate, deserving pity, unlucky.

Question 17

Formidable

Answer 17

Inspiring fear/respect by being large, powerful, etc.

Question 18

Ursine

Answer 18

Relating to or resembling a bear.

Question 19

Circumlocution

Answer 19

An indirect way of expressing something. (The use of many words where fewer would do.)

Question 20

Insipid

Answer 20

Lacking flavor; lacking vigor or interest; lacking significance or impact.