Vocabulary List 13-14

Question 1

acrimony

Answer 1

(n.) bitterness, discord

Question 2

ignominious

Answer 2

adj.) humiliating, disgracing

Question 3

egregious

Answer 3

(adj.) extremely bad

Question 4

platitude

Answer 4

n.) an uninspired remark, meaningless cliché

Question 5

haughty

Answer 5

(adj) arrogantly superior or disdainful

Question 6

parsimony

Answer 6

(n.) frugality, stinginess

Question 7

iniquity

Answer 7

(n.) wickedness or sin

Question 8

punctilious

Answer 8

(adj) showing great attention to detail or correct behavior, meticulous

Question 9

exculpate

Answer 9

(v.) to free from guilt or blame, exonerate

Question 10

petulance

Answer 10

(n.) rudeness, irritability

Question 11

fallacious

Answer 11

(adj.) incorrect, misleading

Question 12

credulity

Answer 12

(n.) readiness to believe

Question 13

aspersion

Answer 13

(n.) a curse, expression of ill-will

Question 14

hapless

Answer 14

(adj.) unlucky

Question 15

corroborate (v.)

Answer 15

to give or represent evidence of the truth of something; to confirm or
substantiate

Question 16

precarious

Answer 16

1. (adj) not secure 2. (adj) uncertain

Question 17

plaintively

Answer 17

(adv) in a sorrowful or melancholy way; mournfully

Question 18

vapid

Answer 18

(adj.) lacking liveliness, dull

Question 19

boon

Answer 19

(n.) a gift or blessing

Question 20

latent

Answer 20

(adj.) hidden but capable of being exposed