Vocabulary Unit 1 Lesson 15, 18, 21

Question 1

Circumspect

Answer 1

Careful, cautious

Question 2

Demure

Answer 2

Modest, shy

Question 3

Dispassionate

Answer 3

Fair, impartial

Question 4

Dolorous

Answer 4

Painful, mournful

Question 5

Edacious

Answer 5

Devouring, consuming

Question 6

Effete

Answer 6

Worn out

Question 7

Feisty

Answer 7

touchy, excitable

Question 8

Flaccid

Answer 8

weak, feeble

Question 9

Glabrous

Answer 9

bald

Question 9

Flippant

Answer 9

disrespectful, saucy

Question 9

Ingenious

Answer 9

Clevel

Question 9

Florid

Answer 9

highly-colored
“florid glow in her cheeks”

Question 10

Imperious

Answer 10

Overbearing
eEMPERor

Question 10

Intactable

Answer 10

hard to manage, stubborn
“unwilling to compromise on wages but he was intractable when it came to working conditions”

Question 10

Intransigent

Answer 10

uncompromising, refusing to come to an agreement

Question 10

Accolade

Answer 10

Praise of approval

Question 11

Conclave

Answer 11

Private/secret meeting

Question 12

Dirge

Answer 12

Funeral hymn

Question 13

Draconian

Answer 13

Harsh or vigorous

Question 14

Epicurean

Answer 14

Devoted to the pursuit of plesure

Question 15

Gossamer

Answer 15

soft, sheeer, gauzy fabric

Question 16

Immolate

Answer 16

to kill as a sacrifice, destroy

Question 17

Juggernaut

Answer 17

anything that exacts blind devotion or terrible sacrifice,
“Nazi juggernaut”

Question 18

Ostracism

Answer 18

rejection/exclusion from a group or society

Question 19

Junket

Answer 19

Party or banquet, trip taken by an official

Question 20

Prolertariat

Answer 20

working class

Question 21

Rubric

Answer 21

A title, heading or direction in a book, established rule of procedure, explanation of a broad subject

Question 22

Socratic

Answer 22

philosophical method of systematic doubt&questioning of a clear truth

Question 23

Sycophant

Answer 23

self-seeking, attempting to win favor/advance themself

Question 24

Dilettante

Answer 24

amateaur, lover of fine arts

Question 25

Libidinous

Answer 25

lust, sexual behavior or remarks that are highly inappropriate or obscene,

Question 26

Licentious

Answer 26

morally unrestrained, undisciplined freedom

Question 27

Mercurial

Answer 27

Changeable, volatile

Question 28

Meretricious

Answer 28

flashy, tawdry

Question 29

Minatory

Answer 29

menacing, threatening

Question 30

mutable

Answer 30

inconstant, tending to frequent change

Question 31

obdurate

Answer 31

hardhearted, inflexible, general remained obdurate in his refusal to run for president

Question 32

obtuse

Answer 32

slow to understand, dull

Question 33

officious

Answer 33

meddlesome, offering unnecessary and unwanted adivce

Question 34

omniscient

Answer 34

having infinite knowledge

Question 35

pusillanimous

Answer 35

cowardly, timid