Vocabulary in School - Part 10

Question 1

apathetic

Answer 1

feeling or showing little emotion

Question 2

conception

Answer 2

ability to form or understand an idea

Question 3

eloquence

Answer 3

ability to speak vividly or persuasively

Question 4

ephemeral

Answer 4

lasting for a markedly brief time

Question 5

hypothetical

Answer 5

existing only as an assumption or speculation

Question 6

impinge

Answer 6

to encroach in a way that violates another

Question 7

laconic

Answer 7

using few words

Question 8

lament

Answer 8

to express grief for; to mourn aloud

Question 9

medieval

Answer 9

referring to the middle ages; very old fashioned

Question 10

mundane

Answer 10

commonplace; ordinary

Question 11

obscure (adj/verb)

Answer 11

Adjective: relatively unknown, Verb: to concur or make indistinct

Question 12

obsolete

Answer 12

no longer in use; old fashioned

Question 13

parochial

Answer 13

narrow in scope

Question 14

periodic

Answer 14

a well proportional sentence of several clauses with its main point usually at the end

Question 15

pervasive

Answer 15

dispersed throughout

Question 16

plausible

Answer 16

seemingly valid or acceptable; credible

Question 17

realism

Answer 17

artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy

Question 18

reprehensible

Answer 18

deserving blame

Question 19

reticent

Answer 19

reluctant to speak

Question 20

sanction (noun)

Answer 20

an economic or military measure used to punish another country

Question 21

suppressed

Answer 21

subdued; kept from being published

Question 22

surreptitious

Answer 22

done by secretive means

Question 23

tacit

Answer 23

implied but not actually expressed

Question 24

temperate

Answer 24

moderate; mild

Question 25

tenuous

Answer 25

having little substance or strength; shaky; flimsy

Question 26

thwart

Answer 26

to prevent the occurrence of

Question 27

timorous

Answer 27

shy; timid

Question 28

transient

Answer 28

passing away with time; passing from one place to another

Question 29

trepidation

Answer 29

uncertainty; apprehension

Question 30

trivial

Answer 30

of little importance or significance

Question 31

truncated

Answer 31

shortened; cut off

Question 32

venerated

Answer 32

highly respected

Question 33

vindicated

Answer 33

freed from blame