Vocabulary Quiz: Advanced Words and Definitions

Vocabulary List

• betokened: (v.) to indicate or hint at a future event
• morose: (adj.) sulky and bad-tempered
• bickerings: (n.) silly or irritable quarrelling
• matriculate: (n.) to be a student at a university or college
• saintliness: (n.) like a saint; to be holy
• fourfold: (adj.) made up of four parts
• agility: (n.) having grace in movement or motion
• cauldron: (n.) a large pot used as a kettle or boiler
• Hindu: (n.) someone who practices Hinduism
• sola topee: (n.) a type of sun hat worn in India
• grimness: (n.) the state of being stern, serious, and glum
• demeanour: (n.) behavior
• abject: (adj.) hopeless or low state and condition
• matric: (n.) short for matriculation, the school examination
• gait: (n.) the way a person walks
• incantation: (n.) the act of chanting a series of words,
• equanimity: (n.) calm temper and evenness of mind
• bonhomie: (n.) good nature; pleasant and easy manner
• prognosticated: (v.) to predict or foretell
• surmised: (v.) to suppose or presume based on inference
• pious: (adj.) profoundly and devoutly religious
• invocation: (n.) the act or form of calling for assistance
• crescendo: (n.) the highest point of a steady increase
• obliterate: (v.) to erase or blot out