Vocabulary in School - Part 12

Question 1

aberration

Answer 1

a deviation from the way things normally happen or are done

Question 2

adamant

Answer 2

extremely stubborn

Question 3

affable

Answer 3

easy going; friendly

Question 4

ambivalent

Answer 4

simultaneously feeling opposing emotions

Question 5

apparatus

Answer 5

equipment; a group of machines

Question 6

asylum

Answer 6

a place of retreat or safety

Question 7

austere

Answer 7

without decoration; strict

Question 8

biased

Answer 8

prejudiced

Question 9

condescending

Answer 9

treating people as weak or inferior

Question 10

conflagration

Answer 10

a widespread fire

Question 11

ebullience

Answer 11

intense enthusiasm

Question 12

immutable

Answer 12

not able to be changed

Question 13

impartial

Answer 13

not in favor of one side or the other; unbiased

Question 14

melancholy

Answer 14

sadness or depression

Question 15

narrative

Answer 15

(adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (N.) a story

Question 16

perspective

Answer 16

point of view

Question 17

sanguine

Answer 17

cheerfully confident; optimistic

Question 18

sardonic

Answer 18

disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh, bitter, or caustic

Question 19

terse

Answer 19

brief and to the point; concise

Question 20

torpor

Answer 20

laziness; inactivity; dullness

Question 21

unfettered

Answer 21

set free from restrictions or bonds

Question 22

usurp

Answer 22

to take power by force

Question 23

vilify

Answer 23

to make vicious statements about

Question 24

vitality

Answer 24

energy; the power to survive

Question 25

wane

Answer 25

to decrease gradually in intensity; to decline

Question 26

wary

Answer 26

on guard; watchful

Question 27

whimsical

Answer 27

subjected to erratic behavior; unpredictable

Question 28

emigrate

Answer 28

to leave ones country or region and settle in another

Question 29

zealous

Answer 29

passionate; extremely interested in pursuing something