English Quiz 5

Sybarite

A person devoted to pleasure and luxury

Imprecation

a curse

Plucky

Spunky or couragous

Contrite

deeply sorrowful and repentant

Oblique

indirect or misleading

Obviate

to make unnecessary

Adulterate

to make impure

Dilettante

someone with an amateur or superficial interest in a topic

Lugubrious

dismal or mournful

Insurrection

rebellion

Chauvinist

Someone prejudiced in favor of the group to which they belong

Idiosyncrasy

peculiarity or eccentricity 

Proclivity

natural inclination

Canard

a lie

Pulchritude

beauty

Inure

to harden or become accustomed to

Zephyr

a gentle breeze

Laconic

using few words

Panegyric

elaborate praise

Juncture

point in time, particularly where two things are joined

Plastic

Able to be molded or altered

Posit

To propose as an explanation

Dupe

To decieve

Amulet

Ornament worn as a charm against evil

Pallid

lacking color or liveliness