Vocab Quiz #2

Disingenuous

not straightforward; crafty

Ruse

a crafty trick

promulgate

promote or to make widely known

surreptitiously

done by secretive means

endow

provide with an asset

lurid

presented using very vivid details, especially giving explicit details of crime or sexual exploits

zeal

great enthusiasm for an object or cause

feign

pretend to be impacted by something

enmity

mutual hatred

ambivalent

simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain

xenophobic

a fear or dislike of anything foreign

dissonant

lacking harmony

ignominy

public shame and disgrace

baying

to bark or howl loudly

antithetical

directly opposed or contrasted:mutually incompatible

capricious

impulsive and unpredictable

whimsical

playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way

stolid

calm, dependable, showing little emotion or animation

affectation

behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress

coquettish

flirtatious: behaving in a way to show playful sexual attraction