Vocabulary 12/1

Question 1

Cantankerous

Answer 1

Adjective

Grumpy or difficult to deal with

Question 2

Antiquated

Answer 2

Adjective

Very old and obsolete; continued from the past.

Question 3

Irascible

Answer 3

Adjective

Quick to anger, easily provoked

Question 4

Flippant

Answer 4

Adjective

Disrespectful or lacking in seriousness

Question 5

Cliche

Answer 5

Noun

A saying or expression that has lost its impact through overuse.

Question 6

Noxious

Answer 6

Adjective

Harmful or destructive to the human mind, body, or behavior

The noxious fumes caused many of the scientists to feel ill or even faint.

Question 7

Emaciated

Answer 7

Adjective

To be very thin, especially because of starvation.

The emaciated children had lived on just one cup of rice per day.

Question 8

Fervor

Answer 8

Noun

Intense and passionate feeling

Question 9

Apocryphal

Answer 9

Adjective

(of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.

Question 10

Inertia

Answer 10

Noun

inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.