Vocab Unit 4

Question 1

Flagrant

Answer 1

(adj.) bad; notorious; scandalous

Question 2

Finesse

Answer 2

(n) skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness

Question 3

Pragmatic

Answer 3

(adj.) practical; down to earth

Question 4

Ineffable

Answer 4

(adj.) incapable of being expressed of described

Question 5

Precipitate

Answer 5

(v) to cause to happen abruptly

Question 6

Inexorable

Answer 6

(adj.) relentless; inevitable; unavoidable

Question 7

Stoic

Answer 7

(adj.) indifferent to pleasure or pain, joy or grief, fortune or misfortune

Question 8

Vehement

Answer 8

(adj.) intense; forceful; violent

Question 9

Stymie

Answer 9

(v) to thwart; to get in the way of; to hinder

Question 10

Callow

Answer 10

(adj.) immature

Question 11

Antipathy

Answer 11

(n) firm dislike

Question 12

Bemused

Answer 12

(adj.) confused; bewildered

Question 13

Deference

Answer 13

(n) submission to another’s will; respect; courtesy

Question 14

Elicit

Answer 14

(v) to bring out; to call forth

Question 15

Idiocyncracy

Answer 15

(n) a peculiarity; an eccentricity

Question 16

Orthodox

Answer 16

(adj.) convention; by the book; adhering to established principles or doctrines (religion)

Question 17

Obdurate

Answer 17

(adj.) stubborn and insensitive

Question 18

Mendacious

Answer 18

(adj.) lying; dishonest

Question 19

Maverick

Answer 19

(n) nonconformist; rebel

Question 20

Anomaly

Answer 20

(n) an irregularity; a deviation; and aberration