Vocabulary List #16

Question 1

Designed or intended to teach; intended to convey instruction and information.

Answer 1

Didactic

Question 2

An empty space; something (as an idea) that is empty or senseless or inane.

Answer 2

Vacuity

Question 3

Ill-humored; Disgruntled

Answer 3

Dyspeptic

Question 4

Exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful or dismal.

Answer 4

Lugubrious

Question 5

Marked by lack of definite plan or purpose; disappointing in progress, performance, or quality.

Answer 5

Desultory

Question 6

To excite or arouse interest in especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff.

Answer 6

Pique

Question 7

Being a grave or serious matter; self-consciously solemn or important; ominous.

Answer 7

Portentous

Question 8

The quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure; an act of perceiving or comprehending something.

Answer 8

Discernment

Question 9

To incite or motivate by argument or advice; to urge strongly; to give warnings or advice; to make urgent appeals.

Answer 9

Exhort

Question 10

The tendency of a body to float or to rise when submerged in a fluid; the ability to recover quickly from depression or discouragement; resilience.

Answer 10

Buoyancy