week 6 mon

Question 1

evanescent

Answer 1

fading from sight

Question 2

flotsam

Answer 2

wreckage from a ship

Question 3

lambent

Answer 3

flickering

Question 4

figment

Answer 4

something that is created

Question 5

petty

Answer 5

having secondary rank

Question 6

congenial

Answer 6

suited to one’s needs

Question 7

recidivist

Answer 7

one who returns to crime

Question 8

avert

Answer 8

to turn away

Question 9

lacuna

Answer 9

an empty space

Question 10

opine

Answer 10

to express an opinion

Question 11

jeremiad

Answer 11

an elaborate and lengthy tale of sadness

Question 12

venal

Answer 12

capable of being bribed

Question 13

tacit

Answer 13

unspoken but understood

Question 14

camaraderie

Answer 14

an warm loyal friendly feeling

Question 15

raconteur

Answer 15

a good storyteller

Question 16

hirsute

Answer 16

excessive body hair

Question 17

hypocrisy

Answer 17

the presence of beliefs that one doesn’t really have

Question 18

preponderance

Answer 18

superiority in weight or force, importance or influence

Question 19

recalcitrant

Answer 19

marked by stubborn defiance

Question 20

punctilious

Answer 20

careful about every detail

Question 21

supercilious

Answer 21

feeling proud contempt –> feeling superior

Question 22

torrid

Answer 22

parched with head, passionate

Question 23

dogmatic

Answer 23

arrogantly asserting unproved principles

Question 24

recrimination

Answer 24

to reply to one charge w/ countercharge

Question 25

spurious

Answer 25

not genuine

Question 26

revile

Answer 26

to attack with harsh language

Question 27

abeyance

Answer 27

suspension of activity

Question 28

amenable

Answer 28

responsive to advice or authority

Question 29

pugnacious

Answer 29

ready to fight

belligerent

Question 30

stultify

Answer 30

to make absurdly useless

Question 31

inert

Answer 31

unable to move

Question 32

subjugate

Answer 32

bring under control

Question 33

castigate

Answer 33

to criticize severely

Question 34

convoluted

Answer 34

intricate

Question 35

paramount

Answer 35

supreme

Question 36

wayward

Answer 36

stubbornly going against what is expected

Question 37

lionize

Answer 37

to look upon as a celebrity

Question 38

capitulate

Answer 38

to surrender

Question 39

malady

Answer 39

a disease, sickness

Question 40

blandishment

Answer 40

a flattering act

Question 41

salient

Answer 41

important, prominent

Question 42

salutary

Answer 42

beneficial, good for health

Question 43

anachronism

Answer 43

something no belonging to the time period

Question 44

paucity

Answer 44

smallness of number

Question 45

foible

Answer 45

a minor weakness of character

Question 46

obstinate

Answer 46

unreasonably stubborn

Question 47

affected

Answer 47

behaving a certain way to impress people

Question 48

collateral

Answer 48

parallel

Question 49

weather

Answer 49

to survive

Question 50

vocation

Answer 50

a regular job

Question 51

lament

Answer 51

to grieve deeply

Question 52

incipient

Answer 52

beginning to appear

Question 53

macabre

Answer 53

suggesting horror and death

Question 54

circumspect

Answer 54

showing discretion, careful judgement

Question 55

desideratum

Answer 55

something needed and wanted

Question 56

lucid

Answer 56

easily understood, clear

Question 57

gambit

Answer 57

a risky move

Question 58

impertinent

Answer 58

rude

Question 59

subsequent

Answer 59

happening after

Question 60

bungle

Answer 60

to handle badly

Question 61

pugilist

Answer 61

a boxer

Question 62

crass

Answer 62

dull-witted

Question 63

captious

Answer 63

critical, looking for faults

Question 64

deem

Answer 64

to have as an opinion

Question 65

disabuse

Answer 65

to free from error

Question 66

reverberate

Answer 66

to re-echo

Question 67

eddy

Answer 67

a current of water or air

Question 68

unseemly

Answer 68

not proper