Vocab Words #12

Question 0

Fortuitous

Answer 0

Happening by accident

While it was raining, it was fortuitous that I saw an umbrella shop.

Question 1

Superfluous

Answer 1

Excess, extra

While she was shopping, she filled her basket with superfluous makeup

Question 2

Presumptuous

Answer 2

Failing to observe the limit of what is permitted

While I was sitting, she made presumptuous remarks.

Question 3

Portentous

Answer 3

Ominous, threatening

She did not have many friends, because of her portentous glare.

Question 4

Insidious

Answer 4

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way but with harmful effects

While trying to hide from the police, she moved very insidiously.

Question 5

Notoriety

Answer 5

State of being famous for a bad deed/quality

She did not want anyone to know why she got famous because it stemmed from notoriety.

Question 6

Interminable

Answer 6

Endless (often used hyperbolically)

The novel seemed interminable because it was so boring.

Question 7

Melancholy

Answer 7

She was in a melancholy state because she failed the test.

Question 8

Exasperate

Answer 8

Infuriate

I was exasperated by her comment because it was racist.

Question 9

Redolent

Answer 9

Strongly reminiscent

The redolent look on her face told me I said something I shouldn’t have while we were talking.