10 Questions
What is the meaning of the word 'surfeit'?
to indulge to excess
What is the opposite of 'ardent' in terms of intensity or passion?
listless
What is the meaning of the word 'insularity'?
narrow-mindedness
What is the meaning of the word 'virulent'?
extremely poisonous
What is the meaning of the word 'complacency'?
a sense of self-satisfaction
What is the meaning of the word 'Abstemious'?
Sparing in eating and drinking
What is the meaning of the word 'Beguile'?
To charm or mislead
What is the meaning of the word 'Censure'?
To blame or criticize
What is the meaning of the word 'Assiduous'?
Diligent and hardworking
What is the meaning of the word 'Quiescence'?
A state of being at rest or dormant
Study Notes
Vocabulary
- Abstemious: sparing in eating and drinking
- Soporific: sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
- Torpor: lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
- Beguile: charm; mislead or delude
- Furtive: stealthy; sneaky
- Abstruse: difficult to understand
- Belie: contradict; give a false impression
- Censure: blames; criticize
- Depravity: extreme corruption; wickedness
- Enmity: ill will; hatred
- Altruistic: unselfishly generous; concerned for others
- Bombastic: pompous; using inflated language
- Conciliatory: reconciling; soothing
- Deride: ridicule; make fun of
- Erroneous: mistaken; wrong
- Antediluvian: antiquated; extremely old
- Cursory: casual; hastily done
- Disputatious: argumentative; fond of arguing
- Flagrant: conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous
- Guile: deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning
- Ascetic: practicing self-denial; austere
- Heresy: opinion contrary to popular belief
- Iconoclastic: attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions
- Morose: ill-humored; sullen
- Opulence: extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
- Assiduous: diligent
- Ignominy: deep disgrace; shame or dishonor
- Munificent: very generous
- Penury: severe poverty; stinginess
- Quiescence: state of being at rest; dormancy; temporary inactivity
- Assuage: ease or lessen; satisfy; soothe
- Incorrigible: not correctable
- Polemical: aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
- Scrupulous: conscientious; extremely thorough
- Avarice: greediness for wealth
- Repudiate: disown; disavow
- Servile: slavish; cringing
- Surfeit: satiate; stuff; indulge to excess in anything
- Truncate: shorten; cut the top off
- Prodigal: wasteful; reckless with money
- Reticence: uncommunicativeness; reserve; inclination to silence
- Stolid: dull; impassive
- Superfluous: unnecessary; excessive; overabundant
- Sycophant: servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
- Inherent: firmly established by nature or habit
- Listless: lacking in spirit or energy
- Lofty: very high ideals
- Scanty: meager; insufficient
- Seclusion: isolation; solitude
- Ardent: intense; passionate; zealous
- Audacious: daring; bold
- Capricious: unpredictable; fickle
- Composure: mental calmness
- Concede: admit; yield
- Abstract: not concrete
- Accolade: award of merit
- Acknowledge: recognize; admit
- Adversary: opponent
- Advocate: urge; plead for
- Affirmation: assertion; confirmation
- Aggregate: total
- Cryptic: mysterious; hidden; secret
- Insularity: narrow-mindedness; isolation
- Jocular: said or done in jest
- Alleviate: relieve
- Aloof: apart; reserved
- Zealot: fanatic; passionate person
- Depravity: extreme corruption; wickedness
- Incongruous: not fitting; absurd
- Virulent: extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
- Illusory: deceptive; not real
- Exuberance: joyful enthusiasm; overflowing abundance
- Confound: confuse; puzzle
- Contentious: quarrelsome; causing quarrels
- Sanction: approve; ratify
- Tantamount: equivalent in effect or value
- Ambivalence: the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
- Authoritarian: completely dominating another’s will
- Cajole: coax; persuade
- Complacency: self-satisfaction; smugness
- Disinclination: a lack of inclination; reluctance
- Eclectic: composed of elements drawn from diverse sources
- Fanaticism: extreme devotion to a belief or cause
- Hedonist: one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
- Clamorous: noisy; loud
- Indolent: lazy; unwilling to work
- Cohort: colleague; partner; chum
- Benevolent: kind-hearted
- Rife: alive; thriving; teeming with life
- Exalt: to honor; to praise
- Pompous: conceited; self-important
- Quaff: to drink quickly
- Indignant: livid; angry
- Sinewy: muscular; lean; and strong
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