Vocabulary 10th Grade #15

Question 1

Canine

Answer 1

noun - any animal belonging to the dog family

adjective - of or like a dog

Question 2

Vacillate

Answer 2

verb - to incline first to one course or opinion, then to another; to waver, sway, or fluctuate
noun - vacillation

Question 3

Fastidious

Answer 3

adjective - overly difficult to please; showing a demanding or over-caring attitude; meticulous; painstaking

Question 4

Defunct

Answer 4

adjective - no longer in existence or functioning; dead

Question 5

Influx

Answer 5

noun - a flowing in, as of people or things

Question 6

Meager(re)

Answer 6

adjective - noticeably lacking in quantity, quality, or extent; scanty; lean

Question 7

Obliterate

Answer 7

verb - to remove from recognition or memory; to make indecipherable by wiping out or covering over

Question 8

Ossify

Answer 8

verb - to change into bone; to harden, become rigid hardhearted, or opposed to change
noun - ossification

Question 9

Hauteur

Answer 9

noun - arrogance, haughtiness (from haut - “high” in French)

Question 10

Ravage

Answer 10

verb - to destroy or devastate

noun - the act of devastating; great damage

Question 11

Albeit

Answer 11

conjunction - even though, although

Question 12

Nebulous

Answer 12

adjective - lacking definitive form or limits; indistinct; clouded
noun - nebula

Question 13

Ultimatum

Answer 13

noun - a final proposition, condition, or demand (from ultimate; noun, adjective)

Question 14

Puerile

Answer 14

adjective - of or pertaining to a child; childishly foolish (think of pure, but watch the spelling)

Question 15

Sienna

Answer 15

adjective - a brownish-yellow earthy color

noun - the pigment used to make that color

Question 16

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 16

noun - a characteristic, mannerism, or habit particular to an individual
adjective - idiosyncratic

Question 17

Sleuth

Answer 17

noun - a detective; a bloodhound

verb - to track or trail as a detective

Question 18

Facetious

Answer 18

adjective - joking, often inappropriately or sarcastically

adverb - facetiously

Question 19

Onus

Answer 19

noun - a burden or responsibility

Question 20

Succinct

Answer 20

adjective - expressed in few words; concise; terse; compact

adverb - succinctly

Question 21

Ruminate

Answer 21

verb - to meditate; to muse; to mull over

noun - rumination