Vocabulary chunk 2

Question 0

doggerel

Answer 0

(verse)..comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure… rude crude ; poor

Question 1

viceroy

Answer 1

a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign

Question 2

meander

Answer 2

to proceed by or taking a winding or indirect course, to wander aimless; ramble

Question 3

Pittance

Answer 3

a small amount or share, a small allowance or sum as of money for living expenses

Question 4

Bedraggle

Answer 4

to make limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt

Question 5

Alacrity

Answer 5

willingness; eagerness

Question 6

Prosaic

Answer 6

dull; unimaginative

Question 8

paucity

Answer 8

lacking something; small in quantity, little or few

Question 9

Maintain

Answer 9

to affirm, to assert

Question 10

contrite

Answer 10

to show sincere remorse

Question 11

anfractuous

Answer 11

to have a characteristic of winding and turnings

Question 12

laconic

Answer 12

a person who say a few words

Question 13

pugnacious

Answer 13

eager or quick to argue or fight

Question 14

Disparate

Answer 14

distinct in kind, dissimilar