Vocab Unit 6

Question 1

Amorphous

Answer 1

shapeless

Question 2

analogy

Answer 2

a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

Question 3

beget

Answer 3

to give birth to; to create; to cause

Question 4

burgeon

Answer 4

to expand; to flourish

Question 5

burlesque

Answer 5

a parody; a ludicrous, mocking or exaggerated imitation.

Question 6

cajole

Answer 6

to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t want to do

Question 7

dearth

Answer 7

to lack; scarcity

Question 8

glut

Answer 8

surplus; overabundance

Question 9

iconoclast

Answer 9

one who attacks popular beliefs or institutions

Question 10

supercilious

Answer 10

haughty; patronizing

Question 11

labyrinth

Answer 11

something like a maze

Question 12

manifest

Answer 12

visible; evident

to show ; to make visible or evident

Question 13

mellifluous

Answer 13

music, voices, or sounds that flow sweetly

Question 14

onerous

Answer 14

burdensome; oppressive

Question 15

opaque

Answer 15

impossible to see through; impossible to understand

Question 16

sardonic

Answer 16

mocking, scornful

Question 17

turpitude

Answer 17

shameful wickedness; depravity

Question 18

vitiate

Answer 18

to make impure

Question 19

wistful

Answer 19

yearning

Question 20

replete

Answer 20

to fill up; well- supplied; opposite of deplete