Vocabulary Words

Question 1

established rules or customs

Answer 1

formaility

Question 2

enormous

Answer 2

prodigious

Question 3

injurious, harmful to health or well-being

Answer 3

deleterious

Question 4

threatening

Answer 4

ominous

Question 5

calmly, quietly

Answer 5

placidly

Question 6

random

Answer 6

desultory

Question 7

showing no emotion

Answer 7

impassive

Question 8

unhappily

Answer 8

disconsolate

Question 9

pale

Answer 9

pallid

Question 10

defeated

Answer 10

vanquished

Question 11

smelly

Answer 11

fetid

Question 12

not reciprocated

Answer 12

unreuited

Question 13

urge on, stir up

Answer 13

instigate

Question 14

reduce in value

Answer 14

depreciate

Question 15

waterfall

Answer 15

cascade

Question 16

clean in style, not ornate

Answer 16

chaste

Question 17

attractive in a cheap, flashy way

Answer 17

meretricious

Question 18

ruins

Answer 18

ravages

Question 19

tactful, respectful

Answer 19

discreet

Question 20

jostled, knocked about

Answer 20

buffeted

Question 21

unable to be satisfied

Answer 21

insatiable

Question 22

foretelling of a future event, good or evil

Answer 22

omen

Question 23

gave out, radiated

Answer 23

irradiated

Question 24

hang about, lingered

Answer 24

loitered

Question 25

trying, attempting

Answer 25

endevoring

Question 26

rude, impolite

Answer 26

impertinent

Question 27

slightly ill

Answer 27

quamish

Question 28

showing good judgement

Answer 28

judicious

Question 29

sweet smelling plant

Answer 29

heliotrope

Question 30

talking in an unconnected way

Answer 30

maundering

Question 31

large glass bottle

Answer 31

carboy

Question 32

bad smelling substence

Answer 32

asafeida

Question 33

withdraw from the canvas means

Answer 33

to give up

Question 34

wrapped around

Answer 34

lassoed

Question 35

large gourdlike fruit

Answer 35

calabash

Question 36

to lessen, decrease
Syn. - Ebb, diminish, subside, wanes
Ant. - wax

Answer 36

abate

Question 37

to declare, assert
Syn. - declare, avouch, maintain, warrant, advocate
Ant. - deny, negate, disavow, repudiate

Answer 37

affirm

Question 38

a rival, opponent, adversary

Answer 38

antagonist

Question 39

lack of feeling, indifference

Syn. - lethargy, torpor, supor

Answer 39

apathy

Question 40

to attack

Answer 40

assail

Question 41

greed for money, cupidity

Syn. - covetous

Answer 41

avarice

Question 42

frank, honest, truthful

Answer 42

candid

Question 43

strong criticism, condemnation

Syn. - Censorious, impeachment

Answer 43

censure

Question 44

to mention, refer to, quote (for proof or example)

Syn. - incite, recite, excite

Answer 44

cite

Question 45

to compel, bring about force

Answer 45

coerce

Question 46

a guess, inference

Syn. - supposition, speculation, assumption, presumption, proposition, hypothesis

Answer 46

conjuncture

Question 47

abundant, plentiful

Syn. - Ample, bountiful, profuse, cornucopia

Answer 47

copious

Question 48

bold opposition, open challenge

Answer 48

defience

Question 49

a great downpour or flood

Answer 49

deluge

Question 50

sullen, gloomy, sour

Syn. - dismal\

Answer 50

dour

Question 51

outstanding, prominent

Syn.- Renowned, distinguished, illustrious, notorious

Answer 51

Imminent

Question 52

allure, attract, beguile

Syn. - Lure, inveigle, cajole, beguile, seduce

Answer 52

Entice

Question 53

distinctive age or outstanding time period

Syn. - era, millennium, eon

Answer 53

epoch

Question 54

irregular, wandering, having no fixed course, large rock deposited by a glacier
Syn. - Err, errant, erroneous, aberration

Answer 54

erratic

Question 55

to pretend

Syn. - feint

Answer 55

Feign

Question 56

deciet, trickery

Answer 56

guile

Question 57

forerunner, herald

Syn. - precursor

Answer 57

harbringer

Question 58

unquestioning, implied

Answer 58

implicit

Question 59

beg, entreat, plead

Syn. - Solicit, entreat, duplicate, importune

Answer 59

implore

Question 60

insulting behavior, impudence

Answer 60

insolence

Question 61

lingo, technical language

Syn. - gobbledygook, cant, argot, vernacular, gibberish

Answer 61

jargon

Question 62

a bow or curtsy, respect

Syn. - salaam

Answer 62

obsinence

Question 63

to haunt, beset, harass

Syn. - harassment

Answer 63

obcess

Question 64

deeply thoughtful, wistful

Syn. - reverie

Answer 64

pensive

Question 65

a wide-spread virus

Answer 65

pestilence

Question 66

calm, serene, unruffled

Syn. - tranquil demure, sedate, bovine, imperturbable, stoical

Answer 66

placid

Question 67

powerful, very effective

Answer 67

potent

Question 68

ecstasy thrills, keen delight

Syn. - gusto, relish, enchantment, transport, entranced, enthralled

Answer 68

rapture

Question 69

a group of attendants

Syn. - cortege, convoy

Answer 69

retinue

Question 70

oppression or unjust government

Syn. - autocrat, dictator, despot

Answer 70

tyranny

Question 71

vocally noisy, clamorous, loudly insistent

Syn. - clamorous, obstreperous, boisterous, strident

Answer 71

vociferious