Vocabulary Set #4

Question 1

Salient

Answer 1

The oblivious man walked into the office for his interview with a salient stain directly on the front of his dress shirt.

Question 2

Tenuous

Answer 2

Mentally ill people often have a tenuous grip on reality.

Question 3

Laconic

Answer 3

My best friend was quite laconic in class and at school; however, this thoroughly surprised me because outside of school she was talkative and outgoing.

Question 4

Vagary

Answer 4

Anna had been excitedly boasting about her upcoming trip to Paris; however, it seemed like a vagary when she decided not to go on the trip.

Question 5

Perfunctory

Answer 5

My friend was highly unreligious, and therefore when he was required to take a scripture course, he attended the class with a perfunctory attitude.

Question 6

Vapid

Answer 6

The gifted child felt that school was vapid, and often wished that she could spend her time doing something more challenging.

Question 7

Stolid

Answer 7

Some of my teachers are quite stolid, because they are not allowed to share much about themselves; others seem to simply disregard this, and spend class time talking about their lives rather than the course material.

Question 8

Prodigious

Answer 8

The young gymnast was frequently described as prodigious, because of her clearly bright future.

Question 9

Vicariously

Answer 9

Older people often say that the younger generations now live vicariously through social media rather than actually talking to one another face-to-face.

Question 10

Vacillated

Answer 10

I found this multiple-choice question extremely difficult; I vacillated between two of the choices before finally choosing which one sounded best.