Vocabulary - Percy J. - Aditya G.

Question 1

saunter

Answer 1

amble, stroll

Question 2

impertinent

Answer 2

impolite, rude

Question 3

tentative

Answer 3

hesistant, unsure

Question 4

Pudgy

Answer 4

somewhat fat

The baby wrapped its pudgy [=plump, (Brit) podgy] little hand around my finger.
a pudgy little man

Synonym: chubby, hefty

Antonym: skinny, slim, underweight

sentence: The actor became pudgy after he stopped shooting.

Question 5

Melancholy

Answer 5

a sad mood or feeling

suffering from melancholy
a time of melancholy

Synonym; gloomy, depressed

Antonym; happy, elated,

sentence: He had many melancholy reflections of his old school days.

Question 6

nostalgic

Answer 6

fealing pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again

Synonym: homesick, sentimental

Antonym: forward- looking

Sentence: I am always nostalgic when I look at old pictures.

Question 7

Defunct

Answer 7

no longer existing or being used

a defunct steel company
She wrote for the now-defunct newspaper.

Synonym: inoperative, out of commission, dead

Antonym: operating, existent,

Sentence: a defunct steel company
She wrote for the now-defunct newspaper.

Question 8

marooned

Answer 8

to leave (someone) in a place (such as an island) that is difficult or impossible to get away from — usually used as (be) marooned

Sentence: The sailors were marooned [=stranded] on the island for six months.
She was marooned [=stuck] at the office without a ride home.

synonyms: stranded, ship wreked, abandoned
antonyms: saved, rescued

Question 9

frisking

Answer 9

1. when police briefly search someone through a pat-down
2. skipping and running around like a kid

Sentence: All visitors to the prison are frisked before entering.

Question 10

dissipate

Answer 10

to cause to spread out and disappear

Sentence: The morning sun dissipated the fog.

Question 11

predicament

Answer 11

a difficult or unpleasant situation

Synonym: dilemma

Antonym: breakthrough, solution

Sentence: The governor has got himself into quite a predicament

Question 12

grotesque

Answer 12

bizarre, abnormally ugly, monstruous

Synonym: bizarre, absurd, eerie

Antonym: ordinary, normal

Sentence: The actors wore dark capes and grotesque masks

Question 13

contemplate

Answer 13

to think deeply or carefuly about

Synonym: ponder, consider, mull over, deliberate

Antonym: ignore thinking about, neglect to think about

Question 14

unanimous

Answer 14

POS: Adjective

Definition: agreed upon by everyone

Synonym: united, cooperative

Antonym: disunited, conflicting opinions

Phrases: passed by a unanimous vote, unanimous ruling

Latin root: uni- = one

Question 15

rummage

verb

noun

adjective

Answer 15

verb

to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.),especially by moving around, turning over

noun

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things

adjective

“a rummage sale” / yard sale of various odds and ends

Sentence: I rummaged through the junk and found a bicycle tube.