With The Fire On High Vocabulary Quiz #1

loquacious

With a wonderful memory for detail, this talkative woman—who my father said never forgets anything—became truly loquacious.

• full of excessive talk

• of crucial importance

• being enrolled in an educational institution

Pivotal

She is at a pivotal point in her career

• Talkative

• of crucial importance

• being enrolled in an educational institution.

Matriculation

A young man has taken matriculation and has a higher school certificate. I have no doubt that it is also good to divide the school certificate from matriculation.

• of crucial importance

• very talkative

• the action or process of enrolling at a college or university

temperamental

Her Diana was temperamental, petty, and crass, but ultimately winning.

• nervous or unable to relax

• having high status

• prone to unreasonable changes in mood

prestigious

a nutritional study that has been published by a prestigious medical journal

• nervous or unable to relax

•  prone to unreasonable changes in mood

• having high status

jittery 

I always get jittery when I have to give a speech

• nervous or unable to relax

• having high status

• prone to unreasonable changes in mood

innuendo

His reputation has been damaged by innuendos about his drinking and gambling.

• expressionless, without showing feelings or emotion

• deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct something

• a suggestive remark, usually with either sexual or disparaging implications 

stoic

"That would have been to dishonor him," said Carr, a notorious stoic who was nearly overcome by emotion in his postgame press conference.

• a suggestive remark, usually with either sexual or disparaging implications

• deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct something

• expressionless, without showing feelings or emotion

sabotage

Angry workers were responsible for the sabotage of the machines.

• expressionless, without showing feelings or emotion

• deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct something

• a suggestive remark, usually with either sexual or disparaging implications

fickle

The corporate fan who has replaced the core fan is a fickle beast, choosy about which games he'll use his precious free time to attend.

• laughing in a covert or partially suppressed manner

• changing frequently, specifically one’s opinions, desires, or affections

• the process of releasing strong emotions, resulting in a sense of relief