Vocabulary 10th Grade #02

Question 0

Disheveled

Answer 0

adjective - untidy; messy; unkempt; hanging loosely or disarranged
Verb - to dishevel

Question 1

Innate

Answer 1

adjective - inborn; possessed at birth

adverb - innately

Question 2

Lackey

Answer 2

noun - a servile follower; a footman, stable hand or manservant

Question 3

Obsequious

Answer 3

adjective - excessively willing to serve or to beg; groveling; submissive
adverb - obsequiously

Question 4

Nemesis

Answer 4

noun - that which one cannot conquer or achieve; an opponent or rival that one cannot best

Question 5

Incorrigible

Answer 5

adjective - unmanageable, uncontrollable, unruly; not able to be managed
adverb - incorrigibly

Question 6

Flambé

Answer 6

adjective - aflame (like marshmallows in S’mores); served in a flaming liquor, esp. brandy

Question 7

Transfix

Answer 7

verb - to hold or fasten with amazement, terror, awe

verb - to pierce; to impale

Question 8

Sylvan

Answer 8

adjective - of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the woods, trees, or boughs

Question 9

Zephyr

Answer 9

noun - a gentle, mild breeze, (in literature: the West Wind personified)

Question 10

Simper

Answer 10

verb - to smile in a silly, annoying, self-conscious way
noun - a silly smile
adjective - simpering

Question 11

Sophomoric

Answer 11

adjective - being overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature

Question 12

Languid

Answer 12

adjective - sluggish, weary, lethargic; lacking in vigor or vitality, spirit, or interest
adverb - languidly

Question 13

Swagger

Answer 13

verb - to walk or strut with defiance or arrogance
noun - the defiant or insolent walk on does
adjective - swaggering

Question 14

Bellicose

Answer 14

adjective - eager to fight; hostile; warlike; pugnacious

noun - bellicosity

Question 15

Sublime

Answer 15

adjective - majestic; supreme or outstanding; elevated, lofty; inspiring awe
adverb - sublimely

Question 16

Muse

Answer 16

noun - the goddess or power regarded as inspiring an artist, esp. a poet
verb - to reflect or to meditate silently, to gaze wonderingly or meditatively

Question 17

Harlequin

Answer 17

noun - a joker, jester, or clown in comedy or pantomime, in a costume of diamond-shaped pattern or design, often with a mask, and a pointed hat

Question 18

Scruples

Answer 18

noun - a belief about what’s right or wrong that prevents one from doing something bad; morals or ethics that act as retraining or personal control points
adjective - scrupulous

Question 19

Portent

Answer 19

noun - an omen; a warning or premonition of something to come
adjective - portentous

Question 20

Faustian

Answer 20

adjective - selling one’s soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge, power, or something desired (after the German magician, alchemist and astrologer Johan Faust, 1480-1538)