Vocabulary 10th Grade #04

Question 1

Euphoria

Answer 1

noun - feeling of great well-being;

adjective - euphoric

Question 2

Revile

Answer 2

verb - to subject to verbal abuse; to swear at or say bad comments to

Question 3

Reverie

Answer 3

noun - a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing; a daydream

Question 4

Improvise

Answer 4

verb - to perform without previous preparation; to compose on the spur of the moment, or on the spot
noun - improvisation

Question 5

Sinister

Answer 5

adjective - threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous

Question 6

Grandiloquent

Answer 6

adjective - speaking or expressed in a lofty or pompous style;
adverb - grandiloquently

Question 7

Erudite

Answer 7

adjective - scholarly, “learn-ed,” extremely intelligent; acquired by learning (as opposed to innate)

Question 8

Besiege

Answer 8

verb - to surround or torment, as in war – or with requests, work, annoyances or the like

Question 9

Demure

Answer 9

adjective - shy and modest; reserve;

adverb - demurely

Question 10

Amiable

Answer 10

adjective - friendly, agreeable; good-natured;

adverb - amiably

Question 11

Imperturbable

Answer 11

adjective - incapable of being upset, agitate, or perturbed; not easily excited

Question 12

Anthropology

Answer 12

noun - the study of the physical, cultural, and social development and behavior of human existence;
adjective - anthropological

Question 13

Bayou

Answer 13

noun - a marshy inlet or outlet of a river or lake, especially in parts of the southern U.S.

Question 14

Grimace

Answer 14

verb - to make a face showing pain, annoyance etc;

noun - a twisting of the face to show pain, annoyance, etc.

Question 15

Spurn

Answer 15

verb - to reject; to push or kick away or trample on (like burn, as in “to get burned”!)

Question 16

Malleable

Answer 16

adjective - able to be changed easily; adaptive; capable of being shaped by hammering or pressing;
noun - malleable

Question 17

Visage

Answer 17

noun - a face or facial expression

Question 18

Melodramatic

Answer 18

adjective - overly dramatic; emotional or sentimental

Question 19

Succumb

Answer 19

verb - to yield or give in to an overpowering force or desire; to die

Question 20

Whimsical

Answer 20

adjective - odd, often in an amusing way; fanciful; full of curious ideas;
noun - whimsy;
adverb - whimsically

Question 21

Olfactory

Answer 21

adjective - of or relating to the sense of smell