Vocabulary Words September 1

Question 1

cease to support or look after, desert

Answer 1

abandonment

Question 2

humorous or witty conversation

Answer 2

badinage

Question 3

strange and unconventional behavior

Answer 3

eccentricity

Question 4

a low platform for a lectern seats of honor or throne

Answer 4

dais

Question 5

agree to give up or do without

Answer 5

forswear

Question 6

device, action, opening remark, risk, gain an advantage

Answer 6

gambit

Question 7

person who interupts a public speaker with aggressive comments

Answer 7

heckler

Question 8

characterized by attack on cherished beliefs or institutions

Answer 8

iconoclastic

Question 9

talk rapidly and excitedly but with little sense

Answer 9

jabber

Question 10

constantly changing pattern or sequence of objects or elements

Answer 10

kaleidoscope

Question 11

hoppening or carned on according to chance rather than design or inherent native

Answer 11

adventitious

Question 12

make (someone) unable to think clearly

Answer 12

demystify

Question 13

bubbles in a liquid vivacity and enthusiasm

Answer 13

effervescence

Question 14

quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness

Answer 14

frugality

Question 15

person who enjoys eating and often eats too much

Answer 15

gourmand

Question 16

lacking excitement or variety; dull

Answer 16

humdrum

Question 17

arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things

Answer 17

influx

Question 18

playful or humorous

Answer 18

jacose

Question 19

small hill or mound

Answer 19

knoll