week 7 vocab

Question 1

Elaborate

Answer 1

verb:
explain in more detail

Question 2

embellish

Answer 2

verb:
make more attractive by adding ornament, color, etc., make more beautiful

Question 3

emulate

Answer 3

verb:
strive equal or math, especially by limiting compete with successfully

Question 4

evasive (1)

Answer 4

adjective:
avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger or commitment

Question 5

evasive (2)

Answer 5

adjective:
deliberately vague or ambiguous

Question 6

exasperate

Answer 6

verb:
to irritate intensely

Question 7

forthright

Answer 7

adjective:
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

Question 8

guffaw

Answer 8

verb:
laugh boisterously

Question 9

hamper

Answer 9

verb:
prevent the progress or free movement of

Question 10

inadvertent

Answer 10

adjective:
happening by chance or unexpectedly

Question 11

inarticulate

Answer 11

adjective:
without or deprived of the use of speech or words

Question 12

malady

Answer 12

noun:
a disease or sickness

Question 13

malodorous

Answer 13

adjective:
having an unpleasant smell

Question 14

melancholy

Answer 14

noun:
a deep, long-lasting sadness

Question 15

obliging

Answer 15

adjective:
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

Question 16

patronize

Answer 16

verb:
treat condescendingly

Question 17

qualm

Answer 17

noun:
uneasiness about the fitness of an action

Question 18

quip (1)

Answer 18

noun:
saying or remark

Question 19

quip (2)

Answer 19

verb:
to make a witty remark, to say in jest

Question 20

resignation

Answer 20

noun:
the acceptance of something unpleasant that can’t be avoided

Question 21

resolve

Answer 21

verb:
reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

Question 22

retract

Answer 22

verb:
pull inward or towards a center; formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Question 23

smug

Answer 23

adjective:
marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

Question 24

sordid

Answer 24

adjective:
involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt; foul and run down and repulsive

Question 25

surly

Answer 25

adjective:
inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Question 26

tumult

Answer 26

noun:
state of chaos, noise and confusion

Question 27

erratic

Answer 27

adjective:
unpredictable; strange and unconventional

Question 28

pugnacious

Answer 28

adjective:
eager to fight or argue; verbally combative

Question 29

profuse

Answer 29

adjective:
plentiful; pouring out in abundance

Question 30

sanguine

Answer 30

adjective:
cheerful; optimistic