Vocabulary 2400 Set 19

Question 1

bereavement

Answer 1

n. grief

Question 2

desolate

Answer 2

adj. isolated, depressed

Question 3

hermit

Answer 3

n. loner

Question 4

lament

Answer 4

v. grieve

Question 5

lugubrious

Answer 5

adj. gloomy

Question 6

melancholy

Answer 6

adj. sad

Question 7

morose

Answer 7

adj. gloomy

Question 8

morbid

Answer 8

adj. unhealthy, gruesome, morose

Question 9

solemn

Answer 9

adj. grave, stately (majestic), stern (strict; harsh; rigorous; grim)

Question 10

sullen

Answer 10

adj. gloomy

Question 11

repeal

Answer 11

v. cancel

Question 12

repudiate

Answer 12

v. reject

Question 13

rescind

Answer 13

v. cancel

Question 14

caustic

Answer 14

adj. abrasive (tending to wear off by scraping/ rubbing; tending to annoy/ cause ill will), sarcastic, scathing (bitterly severe; harmful)

Question 15

acrid

Answer 15

adj. bitter, pungent, caustic

Question 16

acrimony

Answer 16

n. bitterness, animosity (feeling of strong dislike/ ill will that tends to display itself in action)

Question 17

corrosive

Answer 17

adj. abrasive (tending to wear off by scraping/ rubbing; tending to annoy/ cause ill will)

Question 18

confound

Answer 18

v. confuse

Question 19

convoluted

Answer 19

adj. complicated

Question 20

inane

Answer 20

adj. silly