Vocabulary Quiz 10

Question 1

Edify

Answer 1

(v.) fig. To build up, establish, organize (a system, institution, or law, a
moral quality, etc.), to establish or strengthen (a person). To inform, instruct; to improve in a
moral sense

Question 2

Nicety

Answer 2

(n.) A delicate or fine point; punctilio: niceties of protocol. A fine
distinction; subtlety; detail

Question 3

Delineate

Answer 3

(v.) To trace out by lines, trace the outline of, as on a chart or map.
Fig: To portray in words; to describe

Question 4

Prudence

Answer 4

(n.) The ability to recognize and follow the most suitable or sensible
course of action; good sense in practical or financial affairs; discretion, circumspection, caution.
Wisdom; wise words; knowledge of or skill in a matter

Question 5

Licentious

Answer 5

(adj.) Most prevailing in modern usage: Disregarding the restraints
of chastity; libertine, lascivious, lewd. Disregarding commonly accepted rules, deviating freely
from correctness, esp. in matters of grammar or literary style; overstepping customary limits

Question 6

Dissipate

Answer 6

(v.) To pass away in all directions; (of a company) to disperse, to dispel.
To disintegrate and reduce to atoms, dust, smoke, or impalpable form; to destroy or dissolve
completely, undo, annul (material or immaterial objects)

Question 7

Impede

Answer 7

(v.) To retard in progress or action by putting obstacles in the way; to
obstruct; to hinder; to stand in the way of

Question 8

Annex

Answer 8

(v. ) To join, unite. To add or attach as an accessory (as a subordinate); to affix.
(n. ) a subsidiary building or an addition to a building

Question 9

Vicissitude

Answer 9

(n.) A change or alteration in condition or fortune; the uncertain
changing or mutability of something

Question 10

Uncouth

Answer 10

(adj.) Awkward, clumsy or unmannerly; strange and ungraceful in
appearance or form; unusual or strange

Question 11

Sagacity

Answer 11

(n.) Acuteness of mental discernment; aptitude for investigation or
discovery; keenness and soundness of judgment in the estimation of persons and conditions;
penetration, shrewdness

Question 12

Emblematic

Answer 12

(adj.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, or serving as, an emblem;
symbolical, typical

Question 13

Invective

Answer 13

(n.) Vehement or abusive language involving bitter, scathing accusations
or denunciations.

Question 14

Prevaricate

Answer 14

(v) To speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create
an incorrect impression; lie

Question 15

Ephemeral

Answer 15

(adj) Lasting a short time, brief, short-lived. Transitory. (n) anything short-lived, ie insects