Words #1-5 Review

What does sycophant mean?

• Someone who starts a revolt against authority

• One who uses flattery to try to get what he/she wants from an authority figure.

• A person who lies and deceives those around him/her

• An overly kind individual who takes on the responsibilities of others

What does ubiquitous mean?

• scarce/rare

• lost

• far away from reality

• appearing everywhere

What does non-sequitur mean?

• relevant information to an argument

• not religious

• a statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow

• having to deal with governmental matters

What does diatribe mean?

• a forceful and bitter verbal attack

• an evil plan

• a normal conversational tone

• to eavesdrop

What does pernicious mean?

• kind or benevolent

• childlike and innocent

• accident prone

• intending to cause harm

What does slipshod mean?

• unable to be broken into

• shy or modest

• showing lack of care or thought

• well planned out

What does nefarious mean?

• wicked or criminal

• lack of care or thought

• coming before something else

• modest or shy

What does precursor mean?

• wicked or criminal

• a person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

• unable to be captured or broken into

• shy or modest

What does demure mean?

• lacking care or thought

• wicked or criminal

• shy or modest

• coming before another of its kind

What does impregnable mean?

• wicked or criminal

• modest or shy

• unable to be captured or broken into

• lacking care or thought