Vocabulary Study 6

Question 0

Ascendancy

Answer 0

Domination; growing power

Question 1

Arable

Answer 1

Fit for plowing, tillable

Question 2

Blasphemous

Answer 2

Irreverent, profane

Question 3

Ephemeral

Answer 3

Lasting a short period of time, fleeting

Question 4

Ethereal

Answer 4

Heavenly, usually delicate, light, lacking material substance

Question 5

Extraneous

Answer 5

Not essential or vital

Question 6

Fallow

Answer 6

Inactive, plowed but not sowed

Question 7

Harangue

Answer 7

A scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe

Question 8

Impervious

Answer 8

Incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged

Question 9

Implausible

Answer 9

Not believable

Question 10

Incongruity

Answer 10

Nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility

Question 11

Incontrovertible

Answer 11

Indisputable

Question 12

Indolence

Answer 12

Laziness

Question 13

Levity

Answer 13

Excessive frivolity, flippancy

Question 14

Magnanimity

Answer 14

Having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit

Question 15

Perjury

Answer 15

False testimony under oath

Question 16

Pretentious

Answer 16

Making an extravagant show, self-important, ostentatious, pompous

Question 17

Provincial

Answer 17

Lacking sophistication, narrow-minded

Question 18

Spontaneous

Answer 18

Having no external cause, acting on impulse

Question 19

Zeal

Answer 19

Enthusiasm, fervor