Vocabulary List #10 Quiz Date

Vocabulary List #10 Quiz Date:

1. antithesis (n.) – direct or exact opposite, contrast

2a. benevolent (adj.) – kind, compassionate, generous, caring 2b. benevolence (n.) – kindness, compassion, munificence, generosity

3a. candid (adj.) – honest, frank, direct, open, forthright 3b. candor (n.) – honesty, frankness, openness, outspokenness

4. cessation (n.) – termination, the stopping of, end

5. clandestine (adj.) – secret, furtive, covert, underground

6. deference (n.) – respect, admiration, reverence

7. ephemeral (adj.) – short-lived, temporary, not lasting, transient

8. feign (v.) – to fake, to pretend

9. formidable (adj.) – fearsome, dreadful, menacing,

10. hackneyed (adj.) – trite, unimaginative, common, dull, ordinary

11. halcyon (adj.) – calm, peaceful, heavenly, tranquil, untroubled

12. incessant (adj.) – ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted, persistent

13. inundate (v.) – overwhelm, flood, swamp

14a. languid (adj.) – indolent, unenergetic, lethargic, lazy 14b. languor (n.) – indolence, laziness, torpor, lethargy

15. malevolent (adj.) – spiteful, malicious, nasty, evil

16. mollify (v.) – to soothe, to calm, to placate

17a. permeable (adj.) holey, leaky, porous 17b. permeate (v.) – to pass through, saturate, encompass

18. quandary (n.) – dilemma, problem, predicament

19. raze (v.) – to tear down, destroy, demolish

20a. squalid (adj.) – dirty, filthy, foul 20b. squalor (n.) – filth, corruption

Bonus: Prefixes and roots: anti – against; opposite of bene – well; good mal – bad; wrongful cess – stop