Vocab Test (Repeats)

Question 1

Incredulous

Answer 1

(of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.

Question 2

Inexorable

Answer 2

impossible to stop or prevent

Question 3

Inscrutable

Answer 3

impossible to understand or interpret or detect from examination

Question 4

Expedient

Answer 4

(of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

Question 5

Admonish

Answer 5

to warn or reprimand someone firmly

Question 6

Solemn

Answer 6

formal and dignified; characterized by deep sincerity

Question 7

Pecuniary

Answer 7

relating to or consisting of money.

Question 8

Countenance

Answer 8

a person’s face or facial expression

Question 9

Implacable

Answer 9

incapable of being pacified

Question 10

Incorrigible

Answer 10

(of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

Question 11

Sagacious

Answer 11

very wise; having excellent judgment

Question 12

Venerable

Answer 12

admired, looked up to as a result of age and/ or experience and accomplishments

Question 13

Incommodious

Answer 13

causing inconvenience or discomfort

Question 14

Pernicious

Answer 14

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

Question 15

Immolation

Answer 15

an often- ritualistic sacrifice by burning

Question 16

Plaintive

Answer 16

sounding sad and mournful.

Question 17

Tangible

Answer 17

perceptible by touch

Question 18

Stolid

Answer 18

not easily moved emotionally

Question 19

Laconic

Answer 19

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words

Question 20

Bacchanalian

Answer 20

characterized by or given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken.

Question 21

Morose

Answer 21

sullen and ill-tempered; gloomily ill-humored

Question 22

Ubiquitous

Answer 22

seemingly everywhere you look; appearing everywhere.

Question 23

Ostensible

Answer 23

stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

Question 24

Furtive

Answer 24

attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.

Question 25

Assuage

Answer 25

to make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense