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Vocab words Week 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hackneyed (adj.) | Trite, banal, cliché, lacking freshness |
| Illustrious (adj.) | Notably outstanding, famous |
| Insatiable (adj.) | Incapable of being satisfied |
| Loquacious (adj.) | Very talkative |
| Neurotic (adj.) | Emotionally unstable person; emotionally unstable |
| Parch (verb or adj.) | To become dry from heat, to shrivel from heat |
| Porous (adj.) | Something that permits the passage of substances through pores |
| Rancid (adj.) | Having a foul or offensive smell or taste |
| Reconcile (verb) | To reestablish friendship, to resolve a dispute |
| Saccharine (adj.) | Overly sweet attitude |
| Sonorous (adj.) | Resonant, producing a full and rich sound |
| Tentative (adj.) | Not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain |
| Utility (noun) | Usefulness |