Vocab Quiz 3

Front 1

studious

Back 1

adjective
spending a lat of time studying and reading
The studious group met every day to review their notes.

Front 2

meticulous

Back 2

-adjective
-showing great attention to detail;very careful and precise.
-I am very meticulous when ordering my food at a restaurant

Front 3

avuncular

Back 3

adjective
-kind and friendly toward a younger or less experienced person; of or relating to an uncle
-My fathers friend, John, acts in an avuncular manner toward me because of his relationship with my father and how well I know him.

Front 4

propitious

Back 4

-adjective
-giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.
-During their romantic dinner, Sam thought it a propitious time to finaly pop his question and asked Julie to marry him.

Front 5

raucous

Back 5

adjective
-making or constituting a -disturbingly harsh and loud noise
-As the score got closer, the basketball fans became more and more raucous.

Front 6

-callow

Back 6

-adjective
-inexperienced and imature (esp. of young person)
-The CALLOW boater did not have a life preserver, paddle, or radio onboard his saolboat.

Front 7

blunder

Back 7

-noun
-a astupid or careless mistake
-She made a blunder on her science test and got a 85%

Front 8

predilection

Back 8

-noun
-a preference or special likeing for something; a bias in favor of something
-Eleni's predilection for Nick Jonas resulted in her waiting by a stage door for several hours.

Front 9

ford

Back 9

verb
-to cross (a body of water) by wading
-Due to the rapid water and uncertain depth of the river, I was not sure that I could ford the river.

Front 10

diffidence

Back 10

-noun
-hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
-The new teacher was diffident, and could not conduct a lesson without hiding behind her computer.

Front 11

impassive

Back 11

-adjective
=not feeling or showing emotion
-the man's face was impassive; whatever questions we asked, he would give nothing away.

Front 12

missive

Back 12

-noun
-a tetter, esp a long or official one
-I could not believe how long the missive my grandma sent to me was.

Front 13

Protuberant

Back 13

ajective
-thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a round mace
Her mask has eyeholes and a protuberant nose that comes out 10 inches frm her face

Front 14

reverie

Back 14

noun
-a state of being pleasently lost in ones thoughts; a day dreamer
-she was in a state of reverie for her true love during math class

Front 15

solicitude

Back 15

noun
-care or concern for someone or something
-he parents had a solicitude feeling for their children during their football game.

Front 16

chastise

Back 16

verb
-rebuke or reprimand severly
-When my sister laughed at my hair, I waited for my mother to chastise her

Front 17

diminution

Back 17

noun
-a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something
-The diminution of polution would be a good thing for earth

Front 18

benighted

Back 18

adjective
-in a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance
-They saw themselves as bringers of culture to poor benighted peoples

Front 19

obsolescene

Back 19

noun
-being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete
-The internet has caused an obsolescence in printed reference books like dictionaries.

Front 20

festooned

Back 20

verb
-adorn (a place) with chains, garlandsm or other decorations
-The event hall was festooned with ornate decorations,