VOCABULARY 10

Question 1

Acrimonious

Answer 1

Caustic

acri–acromial–shoulder–cause of my shoulder pain

Question 2

ameliorate

Answer 2

to make better, to relieve, to improve

Question 3

amenable

Answer 3

open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion tractable malleable

(amendable–>fixable with advise…)

Question 4

amorphous
(a=not)

Answer 4

shapeless, having no definite form

Question 5

buoyant

Answer 5

capable of floating, cheerful

Question 6

cajole

Answer 6

to persuade, with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle

(caj=cage= lure)

Question 7

calamity

Answer 7

a serious event causing distress or misfortune

(catastrophy)

Question 8

debase

Answer 8

to reduce in dignity or quality

Question 9

efface

Answer 9

to erase, to wear away

Question 10

elucidate

Answer 10

to make clear, to explain

(lucid)

Question 11

ephemeral
(phemeral= femor=if you bleed out of your femur, you die quickly)

Answer 11

lasting a short period of time, fleeting

Question 12

savagery

Answer 12

ferocity

Question 13

flourish

Answer 13

to thrive, to grow well

Question 14

haughty

Answer 14

arrogant, excessively proud and vain

(ha ha aughing at the overly proud)

Question 15

impervious
(im-p–> impenetrable)

Answer 15

incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged

Question 16

inane

Answer 16

lacking significance, meaning or point; silly, insipid

(inane- inat- gicik- lacking significance)

Question 17

indolence

Answer 17

laziness

(condolences –> dead
–> sleep—> lazy)

Question 18

infallible

Answer 18

incapable of error

Question 19

inscrutable

Answer 19

difficult to understand; mysterious

(script is mysterious)

Question 20

languid

Answer 20

slow, sluggish, listless, weak