Vocabulary #5

Question 1

pellucid

Answer 1

translucently clear

Question 2

evasive

Answer 2

evading something

Question 3

nimbler

Answer 3

quick and light in movement or action;

Question 4

callow

Answer 4

immature and inexperienced

Question 5

bulwark

Answer 5

something that protects you from unpleasant situations

Question 6

fiasco

Answer 6

complete failure

Question 7

connoisseur

Answer 7

expert judge in matters of taste

Question 8

gelid

Answer 8

icy

Question 9

agog

Answer 9

very curious

Question 10

churlish

Answer 10

rude in a mean-spirited way

Question 11

surly

Answer 11

rude in a mean-spirited way

Question 12

coax

Answer 12

gentle persuasion

Question 13

subtle

Answer 13

done in an extremely elaborate way

Question 14

cajole

Answer 14

subtle coaxing

Question 15

asunder

Answer 15

apart from each other either in position or direction

Question 16

chagrin

Answer 16

feeling of annoyance or irritation at having failed or humiliated

Question 17

paragon

Answer 17

a person or a thing regarded as a perfect excellent example for a particular quality

Question 18

rescind

Answer 18

cancel officially

Question 19

abstain

Answer 19

restrain

Question 20

exigency

Answer 20

urgent demand

Question 21

grok

Answer 21

to understand

Question 22

supercilious

Answer 22

behaving as if one’s superior

Question 23

eloquence

Answer 23

fluent or pursasive way of writing or speaking

Question 24

entice

Answer 24

attract or tempt by offering pleasure and advantages

Question 25

hunch

Answer 25

raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward.

Question 26

clairvoyant

Answer 26

a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.

Question 27

avant-garde

Answer 27

employing the latest styles and ideas and creativity

Question 28

candid

Answer 28

frank

Question 29

cerebral

Answer 29

intellectual rather than emotional

Question 30

concise

Answer 30

giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.

Question 31

comprehensive

Answer 31

of large content or scope; wide-ranging.

Question 32

versatility

Answer 32

learning to adapt to different activites and functions

Question 33

glutton

Answer 33

greedy for something

Question 34

insular

Answer 34

not open for views

Question 35

frevently

Answer 35

enthusiastically, passionately

Question 36

supplicating

Answer 36

beg earnestly and humbly