Vocabulary 8-10 Quiz

Front 1

abate

Back 1

to lessen in violence or intensity

Hint 1

subside; decrease

Front 2

decorum

Back 2

conformity to accepted standards of conduct; proper behavior

Hint 2

propriety

Front 3

abhor

Back 3

to detest; to hate strongly

Hint 3

dispise; loathe

Front 4

dole

Back 4

to distribute; to give out sparingly

Front 5

gamut

Back 5

the whole range or extenet

Front 6

extrovert

Back 6

one who is outgoing; one who is energized rather than drained by interactions with others

Front 7

droll

Back 7

amusing in an odd or whimsical way

Hint 7

quaint

Front 8

duplicity

Back 8

intentional deciet in speech or conduct

Hint 8

deception

Front 9

effigy

Back 9

a crude dummy or image representing a hated person or group

Front 10

austere

Back 10

stern; severe; plain

Hint 10

strict; unadorned

Front 11

emulate

Back 11

to strive to be equal to; to imitate

Hint 11

copy

Front 12

sere

Back 12

dry and withered

Hint 12

desiccated; arid

Front 13

enhance

Back 13

to increase the value or beauty of something

Hint 13

improve; highten

Front 14

contrite

Back 14

feeling regret for having committed some wrong doing

Hint 14

repentant; remorseful

Front 15

enunciate

Back 15

to state clearly and distenctly; to pronounce

Hint 15

articulate

Front 16

magnanimous

Back 16

noble; generous in forgiving; free from petty feeling or acts

Hint 16

generous

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collaborate

Back 17

to work with another toward a goal

Hint 17

cooperate

Front 18

impound

Back 18

to confine; to retain in legal custody

Hint 18

confiscate

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impeccable

Back 19

faultless; without sin or blemish

Hint 19

immaculate; irreproachable

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evoke

Back 20

to summon forth

Hint 20

conjure up; elicit

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inane

Back 21

without sense or meaning; silly

Hint 21

foolish; insipid

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unctuous

Back 22

exaggeratedly or insincerely polite

Hint 22

oily

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expatriate

Back 23

someone who chooses to live outside of or renounce, his or her native country

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frowzy

Back 24

unkempt

Hint 24

slovenly

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heinous

Back 25

hatefully or shockingly evil

Hint 25

abhorrent; horrid

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expound

Back 26

to explain in detail; to clarify

Hint 26

elaborate

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cajole

Back 27

to persuade with flase promises and flattery

Hint 27

coax; wheedle

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inscrutable

Back 28

not easily understood; hard to fathom

Hint 28

enigmatic

Front 29

balk

Back 29

to refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to go on

Hint 29

hesitate; object

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acrimony

Back 30

ill-natured, bitter hostility

Hint 30

animosity

Front 31

dour

Back 31

stern and ill-humored

Hint 31

forbidding

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exult

Back 32

to rejoice; to feel triumphant

Hint 32

celebrate

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omniscient

Back 33

having unlimited knowledge; all knowing

Hint 33

zeltmann

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feasible

Back 34

reasonable; capable of being carried out

Hint 34

possible; doable

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fiasco

Back 35

a complete, ridiculous failure

Hint 35

disaster

Front 36

métier

Back 36

the work one is especially suited for; one's specialty; an occupation

Hint 36

forte

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fluctuate

Back 37

to rise and fall; to vary irregularly

Hint 37

waver; vacillate

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harry

Back 38

to annoy of harass

Hint 38

bother; pester

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incognito

Back 39

disguised; pretending not to be oneself

Front 40

lethargy

Back 40

lack of energy; slugishness

Hint 40

torpor; lassitude