Vocab Section 2

Question 1

A stupid person

Answer 1

Dolt

Question 2

Bad tempered and unfriendly

Answer 2

Surly

Question 3

A small rounded hill or mound

Answer 3

Knoll

Question 4

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Answer 4

Hyperbole

Question 5

friendly, easy to speak to, approachable

Answer 5

affable

Question 6

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Answer 6

Poignant

Question 7

make someone (or something) seem unimportant

Answer 7

belittle

Question 8

having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous; disastrous

Answer 8

Dire

Question 9

understand (a difficult problem or person) after much thought

Answer 9

Fathom

Question 10

lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

Answer 10

Apathy

Question 11

a state of alarm or dread; apprehension; fear

Answer 11

Trepidation

Question 12

to dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something

Answer 12

Haggle

Question 13

(of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree

Answer 13

Acute

Question 14

delay or postpone action; to put off doing something

Answer 14

Procrastinate

Question 15

bottomless pit, hell. any immeasurably profound depth or void

Answer 15

Abyss