Vocabulary List 2

Question 1

Accoutrement

Answer 1

(n) - additional items of dress or equipment used for a particular activity

Question 2

Aggrieved

Answer 2

(adj.) - feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated

Question 3

Choleric

Answer 3

(adj.) - irritable, made angry easily

Question 4

Comport

Answer 4

(v) - to behave or act proper; to accord with, to agree with

Question 5

Disconcert

Answer 5

(v) - disturb composure of; to make someone upset or embarrassed

Question 6

Fauna

Answer 6

(n) - all animal life in a particular time, area, period, or environment

Question 7

Interpose

Answer 7

(v) - to place (someone or something) between two or more things;
interrupt a conversation (with a comment)

Question 8

Maraud

Answer 8

(v) - to roam about and raid in search of plunder

Question 9

Modicum

Answer 9

(n) - a small amount or portion

Question 10

Opulent

Answer 10

(adj.) - very wealthy and luxurious, lavish

Question 11

Patrician

Answer 11

(n) - an aristocrat or nobleman

Question 12

Phlegmatic

Answer 12

(adj.) - (of a person) having an unemotional and calm disposition

Question 13

Propensity

Answer 13

(n) - an inclination or natural tendency to act in a certain way

Question 14

Therapeutic

Answer 14

(adj.) - of or relating to the healing of disease

Question 15

Utilitarian

Answer 15

(adj.) - designed to be useful rather than attractive