Vocab Words #61-80!

Question 1

Consensus (n)

Answer 1

a general agreement about something

Question 2

Garrulous (adj)

Answer 2

Overly talkative, esp. about unimportant things

Question 3

Bipartisan (adj)

Answer 3

involving members of two political parties

Question 4

Idiom (n)

Answer 4

The language or dialect of a people, religion, class, etc.

Question 5

Cognate (n)

Answer 5

a word related to another through an ancestral language

Question 6

Capricious (adj)

Answer 6

Unpredictable, changing suddenly

Question 7

Jovial (adj)

Answer 7

Full of good humor

Question 8

Languid (adj)

Answer 8

Having no energy or interest

Question 9

Ethnocentrism (n)

Answer 9

feeling that your own culture, race, religion or nation is superior to others or to judge others based only on what you know

Question 10

Malcontent (n)

Answer 10

A dissatisfied or rebellious person

Question 11

Sylvan (adj)

Answer 11

from Latin it means pertaining to forests

Question 12

Coup (n)

Answer 12

from the French, to make a strike or blow - a brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful stroke or act

Question 13

Negligible (adj)

Answer 13

That which can be neglected or disregarded

Question 14

Multilingual (adj)

Answer 14

ability to speak or understand several languages

Question 15

Epitome (n)

Answer 15

a small part that is typical of the rest of something - a perfect example.

Question 16

Contentious (adj)

Answer 16

quarrelsome

Question 17

Ubiquitous (adj)

Answer 17

seeming to exist everywhere at once

Question 18

Tumultuous (adj)

Answer 18

disorderly, agitated

Question 19

Aloof (adj)

Answer 19

distant

Question 20

Ludicrous (adj)

Answer 20

laughable because of obvious reasons or absurdity