Vocabulary List 2

Question 1

Contraption

Answer 1

A mechanical invention; gadget; device

Question 2

Ingenious

Answer 2

Cleverly inventive or resourceful

Question 3

Retort

Answer 3

To reply to, usually in a sharp way

Question 4

Heathen

Answer 4

An unreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person

Question 5

Prominent

Answer 5

Standing out so as to be seen easily

Question 6

Sedate

Answer 6

Calm, quiet, or composed

Question 7

Contrite

Answer 7

Filled with a sense of guilt

Question 8

Surreal

Answer 8

Having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal

Question 9

Shenanigan

Answer 9

A mischievous or deceitful trick

Question 10

Exhilarating

Answer 10

Causing strong feelings of excitement and happiness

Question 11

Cryptic

Answer 11

Mysterious in meaning; puzzling

Question 12

Improvise

Answer 12

To perform or deliver without previous preparation

Question 13

Commotion

Answer 13

Noisy disturbance

Question 14

Deviate

Answer 14

To depart or swerve from a procedure, course of action, or acceptable norm

Question 15

Embellish

Answer 15

Make more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, especially ones that are not true