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English 3 test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Pedestrian | ordinary |
| Bonafide | in good faith |
| Adventitious | accidental |
| Fecund | fertile |
| Deviate | to stray, or go away |
| Obfuscate | to confuse |
| Impale | to peirce sharply with a steak or stick |
| Extenuate | to make less serious |
| Parochial | local or narrow, limited |
| Glower | to glare angerly |
| Edify | to improve morally |
| Ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation |
| Cataclysm | violent change |
| Optimum | ideal or the best |
| Importune | to beg or persist |
| Celibate | refraining from sexual activity |
| Fortuitous | happening by chance or at random |
| Recapitulate | repeat |
| Perfunctory | done without care, hastily done |
| Baroque | overly decorated, over the top, gouty |
| Hedonism | the prosuite of pleasure |
| Obloquy | strong disapproval |
| Bebacle | complete disaster |
| Quasi | resembling |
| Besmirch | make dirty, to stain |
| Imperative | extreamly important |
| Sacrosanct | extremely holy |
| Sadistic | deriving pleasure by inflicting pain on others |
| Demeanor | behavior |
| Facetious | funny, comical |