Vocabulary 10th Grade #29

Question 1

Detonate

Answer 1

verb - to blow up; explode; to cause to explode

noun - detonation

Question 2

Penchant

Answer 2

noun - a strong inclination; a liking for

Question 3

Irrational

Answer 3

adjective - illogical; senseless; not reasonable

noun - irrationality

Question 4

Jostle

Answer 4

verb - to shove or push rudely; to come into close contact with; to collide

Question 5

Revelry

Answer 5

noun - great pleasure or satisfaction in something

noun - to revel

Question 6

Merge

Answer 6

verb - to blend or combine in a way that results in the loss of separate identity; to unite

Question 7

Potency

Answer 7

noun - strength; power; a capacity for development

adjective - potent

Question 8

Seethe

Answer 8

verb - to boil; to saturate; to be highly agitated

Question 9

Faux

Answer 9

(FR: false; “foe”) adjective - resembling something else that is genuine and of better quality

Question 10

Foliage

Answer 10

noun - a mass of leaves (as of a plant or forest)

Question 11

Copse

Answer 11

noun - a thicket of bushes or vegetation

Question 12

Vituperative

Answer 12

adjective - abusive in words; scolding

noun - vituperation

Question 13

Alabaster

Answer 13

adjective - translucent white

noun - a white, translucent gypsum, often carved into object, as vases or statues

Question 14

Vapid

Answer 14

adjective - lacking in spirit, liveliness, or zest; insipid

Question 15

Contrive

Answer 15

verb - to plan, devise; to bring about with difficulty; to frame, make
noun - contrivance

Question 16

Lexicon

Answer 16

noun - the vocabulary of a particular trade group of people, or the like (jargon); a dictionary

Question 17

Tantalize

Answer 17

verb - to tease or torment by presenting something desirable but keeping it out of reach

Question 18

Gastronomic

Answer 18

adjective - pertaining to the art of good eating

Question 19

Pious

Answer 19

adjective - marked by reverence for deity; devout; excessively or affectedly religious

Question 20

Simulate

Answer 20

verb - to look or act like; to pretend to be; to imitate

Question 21

Edict

Answer 21

noun - an order or decree