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4-6 Vocab Questions
Definitions of the words and their roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Negate | Nullify |
| Peccadillo | Small sin or fault |
| Impeccable | Having no flaws |
| Peccant | Violating a moral law; Sinful |
| Pejorative | Negative and critical |
| Impair | Diminish in strength, value, or quality |
| Malign | Insult |
| Malinger | Pretend to be sick to avoid something |
| Malaise | Unease |
| Negligent | Not properly attentive |
| Negligible | Insignificant |
| Jocose | Cheerful |
| Jocular | Joking |
| Festoon | Drape or adorn festively |
| Fete | Honor w/ banquet or feast |
| Bacchic | Of a wild celebration |
| Bacchanal | Drunken party or celebration |
| Plaintive | Evoking sadness |
| Plaint | Complaint or lament |
| Elegy | Sad song or poem dedicated to someone |
| Elegiac | Mourning who is lost |
| Somnolent | Drowsy or sleepy |
| Soporific | Causing sleep or fatigue |
| Sopor | Sleep; Drowsiness |
| Languid | Weak |
| Languish | Waste away |
| Languor | Lack of physical or mental energy |
| Vigilant | On the alert; watchful |
| Vigilante | Takes law enforcement to his or her own hands |
| Acquiesce | Give in |
| Requim | Song or religious service for dead |
| Quittance | Repayment; Compensation |