Vocabulary 5

Question 1

Malefactions (noun)

Answer 1

Evil deeds, crimes, wrongdoings

Question 2

Augury (noun)

Answer 2

Art or practice of predicting events by interpreting signs and omens

Question 3

Unction (noun)

Answer 3

Act of anointing as medical treatment or religious ritual; also oil used in religious rites

Question 4

Lecher (noun)

Answer 4

Man given to excessive sexual indulgence

Question 5

Requiem (noun)

Answer 5

Mass celebrated for repose of souls of dead

Question 6

Carouse (verb)

Answer 6

To engage in drunken revel, drink deeply and frequently

Question 7

Obsequies (noun)

Answer 7

Funeral rites or ceremony

Question 8

Judicious (adj.)

Answer 8

Using good judgment, being wise, sensible, well-advised

Question 9

Dearth (noun)

Answer 9

Inadequate supply of something; scarcity or lack

Question 10

Shard (noun)

Answer 10

Fragment, esp. of broken pottery

Question 11

Diligence (noun)

Answer 11

Constant/earnest effort to accomplish undertaking; persistent exertion of body/mind

Question 12

Craven (adj.)

Answer 12

Cowardly

Question 13

Superfluous (adj.)

Answer 13

More than sufficient, excessive, unnecessary or needless

Question 14

Equivocation (noun)

Answer 14

Use of ambiguous language in order to mislead

Question 15

Quintessence (noun)

Answer 15

Most perfect embodiment of something