Vocab Test #5

Question 0

Caveat

Answer 0

Noun

A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

Question 1

Flout

Answer 1

Verb

To mock, treat with contempt

Question 2

Blazon

Answer 2

Verb

To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously ; to publish or proclaim widely

Question 3

Filch

Answer 3

Verb

To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

Question 4

Fractious

Answer 4

Adj

Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable

Question 5

Equitable

Answer 5

Adj

Fair, just, embodying principles of justice

Question 6

Autonomy

Answer 6

Noun

Self government, political control

Question 7

Addendum

Answer 7

Noun

An addition or supplement designed to increase correctness, completeness, or currency

Question 8

Amnesty

Answer 8

Noun

A general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness

Question 9

Axiomatic

Answer 9

Adj

Self evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule

Question 10

Extricate

Answer 10

Verb

To free from entanglements or difficulties; remove with effort

Question 11

Soporific

Answer 11

Adj
Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy;
Noun
Something that induces sleep

Question 12

Scathing

Answer 12

Adj

Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm

Question 13

Unwieldly

Answer 13

Adj

Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity

Question 14

Vapid

Answer 14

Adj

Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness or force

Question 15

Prognosticate

Answer 15

Verb

To predict, especially on the basis of present indications or signs, foretoken

Question 16

Sepulchral

Answer 16

Adj

Funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal

Question 17

Salutary

Answer 17

Adj

Beneficial, helpful, healthy, wholesome

Question 18

Straitlaced

Answer 18

Adj

Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct, prudish, puritanical

Question 19

Swurge

Answer 19

Verb
To whip, punish severely;
Noun
A cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism

Question 20

Precept

Answer 20

Noun

A rule of conduct or action

Question 21

Transient

Answer 21

Adj
Lasting only a short time, fleeting
Noun
One who stays only a short time