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Vocabulary Set E1
obsequious-officious
Question | Answer | |
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obsolescence | n. The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse. | Many people were upset with the car manufacturer due to the short-term planned obsolescence designed into their cars. |
obstreperous | adj. Boisterous. | Being willing to pay for reforms in the obstreperous country on its borders, the government is going to send millions in foreign aid. |
odious | adj. Hateful. | Nothing was so odious to the teacher than a student who was unwilling to try. |
officious | adj. Intermeddling with what is not one's concern. | He held himself to be something of a food critic, but his officious manner ruined the meal for us. |
obsequious | adj. Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another. | The more obsequious the service, the higher the tip that is expected. |