Vocabulary-62

Question 1

Portentious

Answer 1

Ominous.

Question 2

Farcical

Answer 2

Ridiculous.

Question 3

Gamut

Answer 3

Range.

Question 4

Abstemious

Answer 4

Temperate.

Question 5

Abrogate

Answer 5

Repeal.

Question 6

Exigency

Answer 6

Emergency.

Question 7

Epicurean

Answer 7

Sensuous.

Question 8

Intaglio

Answer 8

Lowered design.

Question 9

Artifice

Answer 9

Tricky.

Question 10

Abbreviated

Answer 10

Shortened; made briefer.

Question 11

Acrimonious

Answer 11

Caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.

Question 12

Antagonized

Answer 12

To make hostile or unfriendly; to make an enemy.

Question 13

Antithesis

Answer 13

Opposition, contrast.

Question 14

Aqueous

Answer 14

Of, like, or containing water.

Question 15

Baleful

Answer 15

Pernicious.

Question 16

Benign

Answer 16

Having a kindly disposition; gracious.

Question 17

Botched

Answer 17

v. To spoil by poor work.

n. A clumsy or poor piece of work.

Question 18

Capricious

Answer 18

Erratic, unpredictable.

Question 19

Censured

Answer 19

A strong or vehement expression of disapproval.

Question 20

Commendable

Answer 20

Worthy of praise.

Question 21

Comradely

Answer 21

Friendly.

Question 22

Corrosive

Answer 22

Harmful or destructive.

Sharply sarcastic; caustic.

Question 23

Cosmology

Answer 23

The branch of astronomy that deals with the general structure and evolution of the universe.

Question 24

Diffuse

Answer 24

To spread or scatter out widely or thinly; disseminate.

Question 25

Dispirited

Answer 25

Discouraged; gloomy.

Question 26

Distended

Answer 26

Increased (in size/volume); expanded; dilated.

Question 27

Enervated

Answer 27

Without vigor, force, or strength; languid.

Question 28

Exalted

Answer 28

Raised or elevated, in rank or character; noble.

Question 29

Extolled

Answer 29

To praise highly; laud; eulogize.

Question 30

Feasible

Answer 30

Accomplished; probable; suitable.

Question 31

Fervent

Answer 31

Hot, burning, glowing; expressing intense feeling.

Question 32

Fortuitous

Answer 32

Accidental; lucky, or fortunate.

Question 33

Idiosyncrasies

Answer 33

Characteristic.

Question 34

Illusory

Answer 34

Deceptive; misleading; unreal.

Question 35

Inarticulate

Answer 35

Not fully expressed or expressible.

Question 36

Indecipherable

Answer 36

Incomprehensible; illegible.

Question 37

Industrious

Answer 37

Hardworking, diligent.

Question 38

Irrefutable

Answer 38

That cannot be disproved.

Question 39

Lament

Answer 39

To mourn or grieve deeply.

Question 40

Lionized

Answer 40

Celebrated.

Question 41

Machinations

Answer 41

Maneuvers or plots.

Question 42

Malice

Answer 42

Resentment, repugnance.

Question 43

Mediated

Answer 43

Brought to an agreement.

Question 44

Miffed

Answer 44

Displeased, chagrined.

Question 45

Mollified

Answer 45

Pacified or soothed.

Question 46

Myopic

Answer 46

Able to see things near at hand; presbyopic, nearsighted.

Question 47

Nonplussed

Answer 47

Confused, perplexed.

Question 48

Perpetuated

Answer 48

To make everlasting.

Question 49

Premeditated

Answer 49

Done deliberately; planned in advance.

Question 50

Rue

Answer 50

To feel sorrow over; regret bitterly.

Question 51

Ruses

Answer 51

Tricks, artifices.

Question 52

Scruples

Answer 52

A very small portion or amount.

Question 53

Shrewd

Answer 53

Keen, clever.

Question 54

Soluble

Answer 54

Capable of disintegration.

Question 55

Somber

Answer 55

Gloomily dark, grave.

Question 56

Stealthy

Answer 56

Quiet and secretive; furtive.

Question 57

Suffuse

Answer 57

To spread out.

Question 58

Tenebrous

Answer 58

Dark, ominous.

Question 59

Unkempt

Answer 59

Disheveled, untidy.

Question 60

Utopian

Answer 60

Imaginary, ideal.

Question 61

Vilify

Answer 61

To criticize very harshly.

Question 62

Virulent

Answer 62

Intensely noxious.