Some Words to Enhance Your Vocabulary

Which word best matches these example sentences? 

1. Regina was known to ____________ when addressing her minions.  Tortuous - Perquisite – Corpulent - Vituperate 

2. Everyone around the table was getting very impatient with the ____________ dinner guest.  Jut – Compunction – Loquacious - Capricious 

3. The adventurer was shocked by what the great ____________ had to say about his future.  Impugn – Oracle – Ember - Pontificate 

4. His immense enthusiasm toward his ideals easily qualified him as a ____________. Incumbent – Concatenate – Dichotomy - Zealot 

5. He wasn't great in school, and many considered him a ____________.  Teetotaler – Futz – Surfeit – Rambunctious 

6.  Heather gave into her feelings of ____________ when she turned around instead of entering the spooky, old house.  Misgiving – Triskaidekaphobia – Inimical - Loquacious 

7. After getting their perfect scores, she and her friends _________ ed through the halls.  Roister – Baksheesh – Dollop – Sayonara

8. Jennifer took a ____________ to Joe simply because he was promoted faster than her.  Grommet – Pacifist – Scunner - Invigilat 

9.  The ____________ was so refreshing on the hot summer afternoon.  Astute – Zephyr – Pleonasm - Aggrandize 

10. The young man, who has extremely ____________ views, isn't highly regarded in his neighborhood.  Cognoscente – Charlatan – Libertine - Amorphous 

Answers 

1. Vituperate [ vahy-too-puh-reyt ] - to use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile. 

2. Loquacious [ loh-kwey-shuhs ] - talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous. 

3. Oracle [ awr-uh-kuhl ] - a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity 

4. Zealot [ zel-uht ] - a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals 

5. Futz [ fuhts ] - noun: a fool; simpleton & verb: to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around) 

6. Misgiving [ mis-giv-ing ] - a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension. 

7. Roister [ roi-ster ] - enjoy oneself or celebrate in a noisy or boisterous way 

8. Scunner[ skuhn-er ] - an irrational dislike; loathing 

9. Zephyr [ zef-er ] - a gentle, mild breeze. 

10. Libertine [ lib-er-teen, lib-er-tin ] - (adj) Characterized by a disregard of morality, especially in sexual matters; freethinking in matters of religion. (noun) A person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker.