Vocabulary Builder Session #3

Question 1

anesthetize

Answer 1

deprive of feeling or awareness

Question 2

imperious

Answer 2

assuming power or authority without justification

Question 3

feckless

Answer 3

lacking in efficiency or vitality

Question 4

diaspora

Answer 4

the dispersion of any people from their original homeland

Question 5

flirt

Answer 5

behave as though attracted to or trying to attract someone; but for amusement rather than with serious intentions

Question 6

parsimony

Answer 6

extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources

Question 8

anachronism

Answer 8

a thing belonging to a period other than that which it is in; especially a thing that is conspicuously old fashioned

Question 8

vulgar

Answer 8

lacking sophistication or good taste; unrefined

Question 9

coquette

Answer 9

a woman who flirts

Question 10

probity

Answer 10

the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency

Question 11

maw

Answer 11

the jaws or throat of a voracious animal

Question 12

skrt

Answer 12

v. stop as in the sound tires make when you stop unexpectedly

Question 13

hypochondriac

Answer 13

a person who is abnormally anxious about their health

Question 14

clairvoyant

Answer 14

n. a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future

Question 15

melancholy

Answer 15

a deep, pensive, and long lasting sadness

Question 16

dipthong

Answer 16

n. a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another as in : coin, loud and side

Question 17

rack

Answer 17

slang: ten thousand dollars in $100 increments

Question 18

parvenu

Answer 18

n. a person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, influence or celebrity

Question 19

reverently

Answer 19

adj. a feeling or showing deep and solemn respect

Question 20

camaraderie

Answer 20

n. a mutual trust and friendship among people who spend time together