Vocab Words 161-180

Question 1

Ambivalence

Answer 1

N. the state of having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being uncertain about how you feel

Synonym: uncertainty, conflicting emotions

Question 2

Ameliorate

Answer 2

V. to make a bad or unpleasant situation better

Synonym: improve

Question 3

Amorphous

Answer 3

Adj. having no fixed form or shape
Or
not clear or not determined

Question 4

Convalescence

Answer 4

N. the process or period of resting in order to get better after an illness or operation

Synonym: recovery

Question 5

Convivial

Answer 5

Adj. friendly and making you feel happy and welcome

Synonym: sociable

Question 6

Deride

Answer 6

V. to show that you think someone or something is ridiculous or of no value

Synonym: ridicule, mock

Question 7

Diminutive

Answer 7

Adj. very small
Or
a word or part of a word that expresses the fact that something is small, often used either to show affection or to suggest something or someone is not important

Question 8

Exuberant

Answer 8

Adj. very energetic, and showing the happiness of being alive

Synonym: lively

Question 9

Frivolous

Answer 9

Adj. (of people) behaving in a silly and foolish way,
or
(of activities or objects) silly or unimportant

Question 10

Frugal

Answer 10

Adj. careful to use only as much money, food, etc. as is necessary

Synonym: thrifty, stingy

Question 11

Hinder

Answer 11

V. to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something

Synonym: obstruct, delay

Question 12

Introspective

Answer 12

Adj. examining and considering your own ideas, thoughts, and feelings, instead of talking to other people about them

Synonym: thoughtful, reflective

Question 13

Mundane

Answer 13

Adj. very ordinary and therefore not interesting

Synonym: banal, ordinary

Question 14

Opaque

Answer 14

Adj. preventing light from travelling through, and therefore not transparent or translucent
Or
difficult to understand

Question 15

Plaintive

Answer 15

Adj. used to describe something that sounds slightly sad

Synonym: mournful, wistful

Question 16

Precept

Answer 16

N. a rule for action or behavior, esp. one based on moral consideration

Synonym: tenet, rule, principle

Question 17

Reminisce

Answer 17

V. to talk or write about past experiences that you remember with pleasure

Synonym: remember, recall

Question 18

Shroud

Answer 18

V. to hide something by covering or surrounding it

N. Anything that covers or hides

Synonym:
V. Conceal
N. Veil

Question 19

Taciturn:

Answer 19

Adj. tending not to speak much

Synonym: quiet, reserved, aloof

Question 20

Ubiquitous

Answer 20

Adj. found or existing everywhere

Synonym: universal, omnipresent, pervasive