Vocabulary 10th Grade #10

Question 1

Encompass

Answer 1

verb - to contain or include; to enclose

adjective - encompassing (think of a compass: NESW)

Question 2

Implacable

Answer 2

adjective - relentless; not capable of being pacified or appeased
adverb - implacably

Question 3

Incentive

Answer 3

noun - motivation; encouragement

Question 4

Militant

Answer 4

adjective - aggressive; in support of a belief or cause

noun - an individual prepared to fight for a cause; an activist

Question 5

Pivotal

Answer 5

adjective - on which something turns or depends; crucial; vitally important
noun and verb - pivot

Question 6

Postulate

Answer 6

noun - an assumption; a basic principle

verb - to assume without proof

Question 7

Retribution

Answer 7

noun - something given to make up for a wrong done; punishment

Question 8

Stringent

Answer 8

adjective - strict or severe; tight in finances or credit

Question 9

Transcend

Answer 9

verb - to rise above or go beyond the limits of; to exceed or surpass
adjective - transcendent

Question 10

Transitory

Answer 10

adjective - passing quickly; lasting only a short time; temporary

Question 11

Bathos

Answer 11

noun - an abrupt change from the lofty, or high, to the low, ordinary or trivial (often in writing)

Question 12

Feckless

Answer 12

adjective - feeble or ineffective; careless, irresponsible

Question 13

Exploit

Answer 13

verb - to take the greatest possible advantage of, often in a negative way
noun - exploitation

Question 14

Festoon

Answer 14

verb - to drape, as a garland or string, in a loop or curve from AT LEAST two points
noun - a garland or string suspended or looped from AT LEAST two points

Question 15

Simian

Answer 15

adjective - resembling or relating to an ape or monkey or its characteristics
noun - an ape or monkey

Question 16

Jocular

Answer 16

adjective - given to or characterized by joking or jesting; waggish
noun - jocularity

Question 17

Squalid

Answer 17

adjective - dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care
noun - squalor

Question 18

Zeitgeist

Answer 18

noun - the feeling of the time; general trend of thought or feeling of an era

Question 19

Ludicrous

Answer 19

adjective - laughable because of obvious absurdity or incongruity

Question 20

Turret

Answer 20

noun - a small tower-shaped projection on a building

Question 21

Ersatz

Answer 21

adjective - an artificial and inferior substitute