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English 5-6 Vocab #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (adj) pertaining to or perceived through the ear | Aural |
| (v) praised | Extolled |
| (n) careful management of resources, often agricultural | Husbandry |
| (n) clever way of doing something, skill | Knack |
| (adj) intermittent, on and off, not continuous | Fitful |
| (n) shortage, scarcity | Paucity |
| (adj) foolishly idealistic, impractical | Quixotic |
| (v) tear down, demolish | Raze |
| (v) to be indecisive, hesistant, to waiver | Vacillated |
| (adj) not deliberate, not intended | Unwitting |
| (adj) distinguished by a rapid series of images as in a dream | Phantasmagoric |
| (n) shame or disgrace | Ignominy |
| (adj) shocking, sensational, gaudy | Lurid |
| (n) the quality of being keenly perceptive or shrewd | Sagacity |
| (adj) expressing sorrow or melancholy | Plaintive |