Vocabulary- 1st Set (4th Nine Wks)

Question 1

Curse

Answer 1

Anathema

Question 2

Quarrelsome

Answer 2

Bellicose

Question 3

Hidden

Answer 3

Cached

Question 4

Conscious abandonment of duty or allegiance to a person, cause, etc

Answer 4

Defection

Question 5

Hard to grasp

Answer 5

Elusive

Question 6

Very evil; villainous

Answer 6

Felonious

Question 7

Seriously; involving serious consideration

Answer 7

Gravely

Question 8

Extremely old; gray or white

Answer 8

Hoary

Question 9

Seeming to last forever

Answer 9

Interminable

Question 10

Joking; good humor

Answer 10

Jocularity

Question 11

Intellectually alert

Answer 11

Keenly

Question 12

Using few words

Answer 12

Laconic

Question 13

Weakly and effusively sentimental

Answer 13

Maudlin

Question 14

Flagrantly wicked or impious

Answer 14

Nefarious

Question 15

Having a mean disposition

Answer 15

Ornery

Question 16

One that is despised or rejected

Answer 16

Pariah

Question 17

Questioned, especially to resolve a doubt

Answer 17

Queried

Question 18

Resting

Answer 18

Recumbent

Question 19

Marked by baseness or grossness; vile

Answer 19

Sordid

Question 20

Work especially of a painful or laboring nature

Answer 20

Travail

Question 21

Feeling of resentment because of a perceived insult

Answer 21

Umbrage

Question 22

Spoken abusively

Answer 22

Vituperative

Question 23

Crafty, cunning, tricky

Answer 23

Wily

Question 24

A word that people say when angry or in pain

Answer 24

Expletive

Question 25

Time past, especially long past

Answer 25

Yore

Question 26

Highest point reached

Answer 26

Zenith

Question 27

Done with stubborn determination

Answer 27

Doggedly

Question 28

A newly coined word or phrase

Answer 28

Neologism

Question 29

Subtle distinction or variation

Answer 29

Nuance

Question 30

Place, job, or activity to which a person is best suited

Answer 30

Niche

Question 31

Relating to the forest

Answer 31

Sylvan