Vocabulary Quiz

jingoistic: overly patriotic

• nationalistic

• unbiased

implacable: unable to be soothed

• relentless

• unyielding

• merciful

• yielding

affinity: a natural skill

• talent

• weakness

coquette: a woman who flirts to get what she wants

• tease

• vamp

• prude

harangue: lecture at length in an aggressive way

• accost

• rant

• discuss

slipshod: showing a lack of thought

• botched

• sloppy

• exact

• perfect

nefarious: wicked or criminal

• evil

• angelic

precursor: a person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

• forerunner

• result

impregnable: unable to be captured or broken into

• secure

• vulnerable

demure: shy or modest

• reserved

• obnoxious