Vocabulary 8

Question 0

ominous

Answer 0

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen, inauspicious

Question 1

Contrived

Answer 1

make or work out a plan; devised

ex the funny thing about the picture is that it looks contrived

Question 2

fortuitous

Answer 2

happening or produced by chance; accidental

Question 3

pristine

Answer 3

immaculately clean and unused

Question 4

Trounce

Answer 4

beat severely with a whip or rod

Question 5

Pellucid

Answer 5

transmitting the maximum amount of light, able to be seen through with clarity, transparent, clear, easily understandable

Question 6

fastidious

Answer 6

very careful about how you do something, liking few things, hard to please, wanting to be always be clean, nea

Question 7

Parsimony

Answer 7

extremely stinginess

Question 8

implacable

Answer 8

not capable of being appeased

Question 9

Celerity

Answer 9

a rate that is rapid

Question 10

irascible

Answer 10

becoming angry very easily, having a bad temper

Question 11

assiduous

Answer 11

showing great care, attention, and effort

Question 12

promulgate

Answer 12

state or announce, put a law into effect by formal declaration

Question 13

besmirch

Answer 13

to cause harm or damage to ( the reputation of someone or something)

Question 14

mollify

Answer 14

make less rigid or softer, make more temperate