Week 3 Vocab

Question 1

articulate

Answer 1

(of a person or a person’s words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently

Question 2

cavort

Answer 2

jump or dance around excitedly

Question 3

credence

Answer 3

a ready acceptance of something as true or real

Question 4

decry

Answer 4

publicly denounce

Question 5

dissemble

Answer 5

to hide your real intentions and feelings or the facts

Question 6

distraught

Answer 6

deeply upset and agitated

Question 7

eulogy

Answer 7

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died

Question 8

evince

Answer 8

reveal the presence of (a quality of feeling)

Question 9

exhume

Answer 9

to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth

Question 10

feckless

Answer 10

lacking initiative or strength of character

Question 11

murky

Answer 11

dim, hard to see through clearly

Question 12

nefarious

Answer 12

(of an action or activity) wicked or criminal

Question 13

piquant

Answer 13

having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor

Question 14

primordial

Answer 14

existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval

Question 15

propinquity

Answer 15

the state of being close to someone or something; proximity

Question 16

unwonted

Answer 16

unaccustomed or unusual

Question 17

utopian

Answer 17

modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic

Question 18

verbiage

Answer 18

a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content

Question 19

verdant

Answer 19

green with grass or rich vegetation (of countryside)

Question 20

viscous

Answer 20

having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid