Vocabulary Words #12

Question 1

Cache

Answer 1

(n) hiding place; something hidden in the
hiding place

Example Sentence:

Without access to their _____ of weapons, the
terrorists were forced to surrender.

Question 2

Cajole

Answer 2

(v) persuade by pleasant words or false
promises

Example Sentence:

Sgt. Loomis carefully ________ the distraught
man on the ledge to climb back through the
window and into the room.

Question 3

Devoid

Answer 3

(adj) entirely without; lacking

Example Sentence:

The devious Kingsley was ________ of moral
principles.

Question 4

Enervate

Answer 4

(v) – to weaken, to lessen the strength of

Example Sentence:

Strenuous dieting will ________ most people.

Question 5

Fastidious

Answer 5

(adj) hard to please; dainty or refined in taste

Example Sentence:

Everett was so ________ that his messy
fraternity brothers refused to room with him.

Question 6

Insipid

Answer 6

(adj) lacking interest or spirit

Example Sentence:

The critic disparaged the novel as ________
and boring.

Question 7

Pique

Answer 7

(v) to arouse or excite; to hurt the feelings of
or make resentful

Example Sentences:

To ___ her kids interest, Mom said she had a
surprise for them after lunch.

Raising taxes to balance the budget will only
_____ the national temper.

Question 8

Sagacious

Answer 8

(adj) very wise or shrewd

Example Sentence:

Glen asked the older and wiser Mr. Burk for
his ________ advice about dealing with girls.

Question 9

Taciturn

Answer 9

(adj) – habitually untalkative;
uncommunicative

Example Sentence:

The ________ old man said, “I have often
regretted my speech, never my silence.”

Question 10

Vicarious

Answer 10

(adj) – taking the place of another;
experienced through imagined participation in
the experience of another

Example Sentence:

The ________ thrill we get from watching a
free fall in a movie can’t possibly match the
pleasure of first hand experience