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ELA Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Communicative | having the ability to communicate |
| Epigram | a witty saying |
| Riotous | characterized by unrest or disorder |
| Reapproach | to mildly criticize |
| Supercillious | describes someone who behaves or acts as though he/she is superior to others |
| Effeminate | Having or displaying “unsuitable” feminine qualities; |
| Fractiousness | the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline |
| Impercetibly | describes actions done in a manner that is very slight, |
| Desolate | deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness |
| Incredulously | said or done in a disbelieving manner |
| Banter | to talk or exchange remarks in a good-humored teasing way. |
| Extemporizing | compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation |
| Peremptory | insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in an abrupt and bossy way |
| Impassioned | characterized by intense emotion. |
| Fervent | having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm |
| Transcendent | Describes things/topics/ideas that exceed or surpass usual limits, |
| Impenetrable | Describes something that is impossible to get through or pass |
| obscure | Hidden from sight/concealed |
| contiguous | Describes things that share a common boundary or edge or are connected without a break/adjoined |
| sumptuous | Describes objects or things that are rich and/or superior in quality/luxurious |
| Anaemic | Lacking in vigor, spirit, or vitality/wishy-washy/bland |
| vitality | energy/vigor |
| Defer | To comply with another person’s opinions or wishes/give in/submit |
| countenance | The appearance conveyed by a person’s face/appearance/visage |
| apathetically | Describes actions done with little emotion, interest, or animation/indifferently |
| properitary | Describes the behaviors, actions, or attitude of someone who owns land, an object, an animal, etc. |
| haetur | Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior attitude toward inferiors/arrogance; haughtiness |
| affected | Describes the behaviors, actions, or speech of someone who is acting in an artificial way to make an impression/fake/put-on |
| breeding | the result of good upbringing |
| discreet | Careful in one's speech or actions |