Vocabulary Week 10

Question 1

• adj) relating to or adapted for walking.

Noun) a place for walking, especially an aisle around the apse or a cloister in a church or monastery.

Answer 1

ambulatory

Question 2

• adj) rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.

Syn: rude, impolite, unmannerly

Answer 2

churlish

Question 3

• adj) modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

Syn: shy, bashful, modest

Answer 3

diffident

Question 4

• noun) a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
  Syn: boredom, lethargy, weariness

Answer 4

ennui

Question 5

• adj) un and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.

Syn: undeveloped, immature, unformed

Answer 5

inchoate

Question 6

• adj) impossible to understand or interpret.

Syn: mysterious, unreadable, unexplainable

Answer 6

inscrutable

Question 7

• verb) foretell or prophesy (an event in the future).

Syn: forecast, predict

Answer 7

prognosticate

Question 8

• noun)a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.
  Syn: division, split,
  the formal separation of a church into two churches or the secession of a group owing to doctrinal and other differences.

Answer 8

schism

Question 9

• noun) conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
  Syn: subversion, troublemaking, provocation

Answer 9

sedition

Question 10

• adj) shriveled or wrinkled with age.

Syn: wrinkled, shrunken, aged

Answer 10

wizen(ed)-