Vocabular Quiz #1

Question 1

Diffident

Answer 1

Lacking self-confidence; self-effacing; not assertive

Question 2

Pragmatic

Answer 2

Practical; sensible; not idealistic or romantic

Question 3

Evocation

Answer 3

An imaginative re-creation

Question 4

Presumptuous

Answer 4

Overbearing; impertinently bold; characterized by brashly overstepping one’s place

Question 5

Recalcitrant

Answer 5

Stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance; obstinate; obdurate

Question 6

Boon

Answer 6

A timely benefit; blessing

Question 7

Bane

Answer 7

A source of harm and ruin

Question 8

Clandestine, Surreptitious

Answer 8

Secret; court; not open; not aboveboard

Question 9

Affable, amiable, genial, gregarious

Answer 9

All mean agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly

Question 10

Austere

Answer 10

Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare, not ornate

Question 11

Austerity

Answer 11

The trait of great self-denial; economy

Question 12

Altruistic

Answer 12

Unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Question 13

Ambivalent

Answer 13

Contradictory, having mixed feelings

Question 14

Anomaly

Answer 14

Deviation from the norm, something that is atypical

Question 15

Sarcastic, sardonic, snide

Answer 15

Mocking, derisive taunting, and stinging

Question 16

Dearth, paucity

Answer 16

A scarcity or shortage of something

Question 17

Prattle

Answer 17

To speak in a foolish manner, to babble incessantly

Question 18

Wry

Answer 18

Dry, humorous with a clear twist and a touch of irony, droll

Question 19

Unconventional, unorthodox

Answer 19

Not ordinary or typical; characterized by avoiding customary conventions and behaviors

Question 20

Painstaking, meticulous

Answer 20

Extremely careful; very exacting

Question 21

Audacious

Answer 21

Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; very bold

Question 22

Indifferent, apathetic

Answer 22

Marked by a lack of interest and concern