Vocabulary Building Quiz

relating to worldly rather than spiritual matters = intrinsic transitory = not permanent; temporary pious = deeply devout; exhibiting religious devotion malfeasance = wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by a public official

abreast = informed or familiar about a particular topic confound = perplex or puzzle someone largesse = the trait of being willing to donate money or resources; generosity minute = very small

duplicitous = deceptive in speech or action expedient = affording short-term benefits, often at the expense of the long-term fabricate = invent in order to deceive nascent = in the process of emerging, being born, or starting to develop

<p>glum = appearing or feeling sad or despondent harbinger = a person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something libertine = someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker modish = in the current fashion or style</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>manifest = 1.be revealed; show plainly 2.obvious; not obscure or hidden perennial = lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time viability = capable of working or succeeding; feasible discrepancy = a difference between two or more things that should be the same</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>digression = an aside that strays from the main subject intrinsic = belonging to the essential nature of a thing malfeasance = wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by a public official relating to worldly rather than spiritual matters = secular</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>abreast = informed or familiar about a particular topic confound = perplex or puzzle someone largesse = the trait of being willing to donate money or resources; generosity pious = deeply devout; exhibiting religious devotion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>duplicitous = deceptive in speech or action expedient = affording short-term benefits, often at the expense of the long-term fabricate = invent in order to deceive glum = appearing or feeling sad or despondent</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>harbinger = a person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something libertine = someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker modish = in the current fashion or style nascent = in the process of emerging, being born, or starting to develop</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>manifest = 1.be revealed; show plainly 2.obvious; not obscure or hidden perennial = lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time viability = capable of working or succeeding; feasible transitory = not permanent; temporary</p> Signup and view all the answers