vocab3

Question 1

empirical

Answer 1

based on observation or experiment

Question 2

enigmatic

Answer 2

mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (enigma)

Question 3

ephemeral

Answer 3

brief; fleeting

Question 4

refulgent

Answer 4

radiant, shiny, brilliant

Question 5

renege

Answer 5

to fail to honor a commitment; go back on a promise

Question 6

sedulous

Answer 6

diligent, hard working

Question 7

soporific

Answer 7

causing drowsiness

Question 8

spendthrift

Answer 8

one who spends money wastefully

Question 9

tacit

Answer 9

implied, but not stated

Question 10

terse

Answer 10

brief and concise in wording

Question 11

tout

Answer 11

to publicly praise or promote

Question 12

trenchant

Answer 12

sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

Question 13

unfeigned

Answer 13

genuine

Question 14

untenable

Answer 14

indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

Question 15

vacillate

Answer 15

wavering indecisively from one course of action/opinion to another

Question 16

vexation

Answer 16

annoyance; irritation

Question 17

vituperate

Answer 17

harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely, to berate

Question 18

volatile

Answer 18

readily changing to a vapor, changeable, fickle, explosive

Question 19

approriate

Answer 19

confiscate

Question 20

arrest

Answer 20

holding ones attention

Question 21

august

Answer 21

majestic, venerable

Question 22

broach

Answer 22

to bring up, announce, to begin to talk about

Question 23

brook

Answer 23

to tolerate, to endure, to countenance

Question 24

cardinal

Answer 24

major

Question 25

consequential

Answer 25

pompous, self important

Question 26

damp

Answer 26

to diminish intensity

Question 27

die

Answer 27

a tool used for shaping

Question 28

essay

Answer 28

to test, try, attempt, to experiment

Question 29

exact

Answer 29

demand, call for, require, to take

Question 30

fell

Answer 30

inhumanely cruel

Question 31

flag

Answer 31

to sag, droop, become spiritless, to decline

Question 32

flip, flippant

Answer 32

sarcastic, impertinent

Question 33

ford

Answer 33

to wade across a shallow part of a river

Question 34

grouse

Answer 34

to complain or grumble

Question 35

guy

Answer 35

rope, cable attached to something as a brace or guide

Question 36

intimate

Answer 36

to imply, insinuate, suggest

Question 37

list

Answer 37

to tilt to one side, or turn

Question 38

lumber

Answer 38

to move heavily or clumsily

Question 39

mince

Answer 39

to announce or speak carefully, tiptoe, euphemize

Question 40

nice

Answer 40

extremely precise, exacting, presidous

Question 41

pied

Answer 41

multicolored, blotches

Question 42

pine

Answer 42

to lose vigor through grief

Question 43

plastic

Answer 43

moldable

Question 44

pluck

Answer 44

courage, spunk, fortitude

Question 45

prize

Answer 45

to pry, to press or force w a lever, something taken by force, spoils

Question 46

rail

Answer 46

to complain bitterly