Vocabulary Quiz 5

Question 1

Neophyte

Answer 1

n- A beginner or novice

Question 2

Proletarian

Answer 2

adj- Pertaining or belonging to the class or wage earners, ; working class

Question 3

Penury

Answer 3

n- Extreme poverty; destitution, scarcityl dearth, inadequacy

Question 4

Encumber

Answer 4

v- To impede or hinder; hamper; retard; to block or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous; To burden or weigh down

Question 5

Onerous

Answer 5

adj- Burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship; involving responsibilities, esp legal ones outweighing advantages

Question 6

Surfeit

Answer 6

n- Excess, an excessive amount, overindulgence in eating or drinking

Question 7

Perennial

Answer 7

adj- lasting for an infinitely long time, perpetual

Question 8

Idyllic

Answer 8

adj- charmingly simple or rustic

Question 9

Niggardly

Answer 9

adj- Reluctant to give or spend, frugal, parsimonious

Question 10

Milieu

Answer 10

n- surrounding, especially of a social or cultural nature

Question 11

Sentient

Answer 11

adj- Having the power of perception by the senses; conscious

Question 12

Decorum

Answer 12

n- That which is proper, suitable, seemly, propriety; Orderliness

Question 13

Prurient

Answer 13

adj- Having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious, lustful thoughts, desires, causing lasciviousness or lust

Question 14

Feckless

Answer 14

adj- incompetent, ineffective; futile, having no sense of responsibility, indifferent, lazy

Question 15

Bourgeoisie

Answer 15

n- The classes that is concerned with property value,owns means of production, exploits the working class

Question 16

Indigent

Answer 16

adj- Lacking food, clothing, other necessities of life because of poverty, impoverishedc

Question 17

craven(extra)

Answer 17

Cowardly