Vocabulary

Question 1

What does Churlish mean?

Answer 1

(Adj)

Boorish or vulgar.

Question 2

What does Staid mean?

Answer 2

(Adj)

Showing dignity.

Question 3

What does Lurid mean?

Answer 3

(Adj)

Shocking; explicit.

Question 4

What does Cogent mean?

Answer 4

(Adj)

Convincing; reasonable.

Question 5

What does Asperity mean?

Answer 5

(N)

Roughness or harshness; Severity

Question 6

What does Lionize mean?

Answer 6

(V)

To assign a great social importance to; to treat as a celebrity.

Question 7

What does Vitiate mean?

Answer 7

(V)

To corrupt morally; to contaminate.

Question 8

What does Recalcitrant mean?

Answer 8

(Adj)

Stubbornly resistant; showing opposition.

Question 9

What does Ameliorate mean?

Answer 9

(V)

To make better; to improve.

Question 10

What does Dilatory mean?

Answer 10

(Adj)

Tending to delay or procrastinate.

Question 11

What does Culpable mean?

Answer 11

(Adj)

Deserving blame or condemnation; guilty.

Question 12

What does Penultimate mean?

Answer 12

(Adj)

Next to last.

Question 13

What does Frenetic mean?

Answer 13

(Adj)

Wildly excited.

Question 14

What does Recrimination mean?

Answer 14

(N)

A counter accusation.

Question 15

What does Blithe mean?

Answer 15

(Adj)

Carefree and lighthearted.

Question 16

What does Tacit mean?

Answer 16

(Adj)

Indicated but not expressed; implied silently.

Question 17

What does Probity mean?

Answer 17

(N)

Confirmed integrity; respectability.

Question 18

What does Veneer mean?

Answer 18

(N)

A thin, attractive layer that conceals something common or coarse.

Question 19

What does Indolent mean?

Answer 19

(Adj)

Lazy

Question 20

What does Timorous mean?

Answer 20

(Adj)

Timid

Question 21

What does Abhor mean?

Answer 21

(V)

To really hate.

Question 22

What does Digression mean?

Answer 22

(N)

Straying from main point

Question 23

What does Emulate mean?

Answer 23

(V)

Following someone else’s example.

Question 24

What does Prudent mean?

Answer 24

(Adj)

Careful, wise.

Question 25

What does Superfluous mean?

Answer 25

(Adj)

Unnecessary, too much.

Question 26

What does Foster mean?

Answer 26

(V)

Encourage or promote the development of something.

Question 27

What does Enervating mean?

Answer 27

(Adj)

Causing one to feel drained of energy or vitality.

Question 28

What does Rancorous mean?

Answer 28

(Adj)

Characterized by bitterness; hateful.

Question 29

What does Transient mean?

Answer 29

(Adj)

Lasting for only a small time; impermanent.

Question 30

What does Disdain mean?

Answer 30

(V)

To look upon with contempt; despise; scorn.

Question 31

What does Brazen mean?

Answer 31

(Adj)

Bold and without shame.

Question 32

What does Precocious mean?

Answer 32

(Adj)

Usually advanced or mature in development at an early age.

Question 33

What does Impute mean?

Answer 33

(V)

Rep