Vocabulary Quiz: Advanced Words

16 Questions

What does the word 'desultory' mean?

aimless; disconnected; rambling

What is the definition of 'diaphanous'?

translucent; gossamer

What does 'ebullient' mean?

bubbly and overflowing with enthusiasm

What is the meaning of 'emaciated'?

excessively thin; weak

What does 'equivocal' mean?

capable of two interpretations; ambiguous

What is the definition of 'erudite'?

scholarly

What does 'exigent' mean?

urgent, requiring immediate attention

What is the meaning of 'facetious'?

said in jest

What is the meaning of 'alacrity'?

A cheerful willingness

What is the opposite of 'euphonious'?

Cacophonous

What does 'ameliorate' mean?

To improve a bad situation

What is the meaning of 'antipathy'?

A hatred or aversion

What does 'bucolic' mean?

Typical of farms and rural life

What is the meaning of 'capricious'?

Unpredictable and following whim

What does 'corroborate' mean?

To testify in agreement

What is the meaning of 'credulity'?

A willingness to believe

Study Notes

Vocabulary

Adroit: skillful
Alacrity: cheerful willingness; eagerness
Allay: to soothe; to make more bearable
Ameliorate: to improve a bad situation
Amorphous: shapeless
Antipathy: hatred; aversion; dislike
Assuage: to ease, pacify
Audacity: boldness
Bawdy: obscene; coarse; humorous
Beguile: to trick
Berate: to scold severely
Blandishment: flattery
Bombastic: wordy or pompous in writing or speech
Bucolic: pastoral; typical of farms and rural life
Burgeon: to grow; flourish

More Vocabulary

Cacophonous: bad sounding; antonym - euphonious
Calumny: slander; defamation
Capacious: spacious
Capricious: unpredictable; following whim
Castigate: to punish
Caustic: burning; characterized by a bitter wit
Ciliated: having tiny hairs
Cogent: clear; logical; well thought out
Cognizant: fully informed and aware; conscious
Commensurate: equal; proportional
Congenital: existing at birth
Conjugal: pertaining to marriage

Even More Vocabulary

Contrition: remorse; repentance; guilt and regret felt because of wrong doing
Corpulent: obese; having a fat body
Corroborate: to testify in agreement
Covert: concealed
Credulity: gullibility
Cull: to select; to weed out
Dearth: scarcity
Desultory: aimless; disconnected; rambling
Diaphanous: translucent; gossamer

The Rest of the Vocabulary

Discord: lack of harmony
Disparage: to belittle; reduce in esteem
Ebullient: bubbly; overflowing with enthusiasm
Edify: to enlighten; educate
Efface: to rub out
Emaciated: excessively thin; weak
Emulate: to imitate closely
Equivocal: capable of two interpretations; ambiguous
Erudite: scholarly
Eschew: to avoid, shun
Exigent: urgent, requiring immediate attention
Ethereal: not of the material world
Facetious: said in jest

The Final Set of Vocabulary

Fallacious: false, wrong, incorrect
Fecund: fertile
Fetid: smelly
Flagrant: deliberately conspicuous; glaring
Foible: weakness, flaw
Foment: to stir up; agitate
Frenetic: frenzied; frantic
Fulminate: to explode; roar; denounce loudly
Garrulous: very talkative; loquacious
Germane: relevant; appropriate
Gossamer: light, delicate or insubstantial
Haggard: unruly; wild; wasted; worn
Harangue: mean, nasty, angry speech
Harbinger: forerunner; something that signals the approach of something
Hedonism: the philosophy of doing whatever gives you pleasure regardless of anyone else
Heinous: grossly wicked; vile; odious
Iconoclast: destroyer of tradition
Ignominy: dishonor; disgrace
Imbue: to make wet; saturate; to inspire
Imperious: domineering
Impropriety: not proper; not displaying propriety
Impugn: to attack as false
Incessant: nonstop; ceaseless
Indolence: laziness
Inept: incompetent
Ingenious: original; resourceful
Ingenuous: showing childlike simplicity; innocent
Insatiable: impossible to satisfy
Inscrutable: enigmatic; hard to understand
Insidious: working or spreading stealthily; sneaky, to do something bad