Vocabulary #5

Question 1

Irascible

Answer 1

A tendency to be easily angered

Question 2

Dubious

Answer 2

Hesitating or doubting

Question 3

Dogma

Answer 3

A belief or set of beliefs that is accepted by the members of a group without being questioned or doubted

Question 4

Adorn

Answer 4

To make more beautiful

Question 5

Incongruous

Answer 5

Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings

Question 6

Ecumenism

Answer 6

The concept in which Christians who belong to different Christian denominations work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity

Question 7

Prosaic

Answer 7

Commonplace, unromantic, ordinary, unimaginative

Question 8

Trepidation

Answer 8

Fear or anxiety that something may happen

Question 9

Wonderment

Answer 9

A state of awed admiration or respect

Question 10

Highbrow

Answer 10

Intellectual or rarefied in taste.

Question 11

Precocious

Answer 11

Having developed certain abilities or inclinations at an earlier age than is usual or expected.

Question 12

Dissolute

Answer 12

Overindulging in sensual pleasures

Question 13

Verbigeration

Answer 13

The constant or obsessive repetition of meaningless words or phrases

Question 14

Vehemently

Answer 14

In a strongly emotional or zealous manner

Question 15

Discourse

Answer 15

Communication of thought by words; talk; conversation

Question 16

Mutable

Answer 16

Subject to change

Question 17

Conative

Answer 17

Connected with a wish, intention, or effort to do something

Question 18

Baleful

Answer 18

Threatening harm; menacing

Question 19

Egalitarian

Answer 19

Believing in or based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

Question 20

Obsequious

Answer 20

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Question 21

Placating

Answer 21

Intended to make someone less angry or hostile

Question 22

Splendor

Answer 22

Brilliant or gorgeous appearance, colouring, etc; magnificence

Question 23

Cataract

Answer 23

A descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.

Question 24

Pensive

Answer 24

Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

Question 25

Despondent

Answer 25

Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom

Question 26

Reverie

Answer 26

A state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing

Question 27

Labyrinth

Answer 27

An intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit

Question 28

Haughty

Answer 28

Disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish

Question 29

Cloy

Answer 29

To weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure

Question 30

Manacle

Answer 30

Handcuff

Question 31

Lugubrious

Answer 31

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

Question 32

Yearning

Answer 32

Deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness

Question 33

Impassioned

Answer 33

Filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent

Question 34

Implacable

Answer 34

Not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable

Question 35

Allegory

Answer 35

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

Question 36

Exposé

Answer 36

A report in the media that reveals something discreditable

Question 37

Misnomer

Answer 37

A misapplied or inappropriate name or designation.

Question 38

Elucidation

Answer 38

The act of explaining or making something clear

Question 39

Verbose

Answer 39

Characterised by the use of many or too many words; wordy

Question 40

Secular

Answer 40

Not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to sacred)

Question 41

Admonish

Answer 41

To caution, advise, or counsel against something

Question 42

Plaintive

Answer 42

Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful:

Question 43

Proponent

Answer 43

A person who argues in favour of something; an advocate.

Question 44

Ethereal

Answer 44

Extremely delicate or refined; heavenly or celestial:

Question 45

Disparage

Answer 45

To speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle:

Question 46

Discern

Answer 46

To distinguish mentally; recognise as distinct or different

Question 47

Indignant

Answer 47

Feeling, characterised by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered

Question 48

Haggard

Answer 48

Having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn:

Question 49

Nefarious

Answer 49

Extremely wicked or villainous

Question 50

Decry

Answer 50

To speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of