Vocab week 32

Question 1

profound

Answer 1

deep, intense

Question 2

alleviate

Answer 2

make easier, lighten

Question 3

prodigious

Answer 3

extraordinary, enormous

Question 4

expedite

Answer 4

carry out promptly

Question 5

celerity

Answer 5

speed, rapidity

Question 6

usurp

Answer 6

seize, annex, grab

Question 7

paltry

Answer 7

of little importance, insignificant

Question 8

condone

Answer 8

excuse, pardon

Question 9

trivial

Answer 9

petty, worthless

Question 10

bizzare

Answer 10

fantastic, odd

Question 11

menial

Answer 11

humble, degrading

Question 12

venerable

Answer 12

respected, worshiped

Question 13

extraneous

Answer 13

foreign, not belonging

Question 14

ambiguous

Answer 14

vague, undefined, not specific

Question 15

succinct

Answer 15

brief, concise

Question 16

archaic

Answer 16

out of date

Question 17

emulate

Answer 17

rival, strive to equal

Question 18

facetious

Answer 18

comical, humorous, witty

Question 19

rabid

Answer 19

fanatical, furious, mad

Question 20

salubrious

Answer 20

healthful, wholesome

Question 21

ivory tower

Answer 21

isolated from life; not in touch with life’s problems

Question 22

to feather one’s nest

Answer 22

to enrich oneself on the sly or at every opportunity

Question 23

the writing on the wall

Answer 23

an incident or event that shows what will happen in the future

Question 24

on the bandwagon

Answer 24

joining the majority; going along with the trend