Vocabulary Quizs

obliterated

• Completely erased or destroyed

• To create something new

• To enhance or improve

• To observe carefully

vigor

• Physical strength and good health.

• A state of extreme tiredness.

• A type of exercise routine.

• A mental state of calmness.

robust

• Weak and frail; delicate.

• Strong and healthy; vigorous.

• Fragile and breakable; easily damaged.

• Sickly and unhealthy; feeble.

meretricious

• tastelessly showy and falsely attractive

• elegantly simple and understated

• excessively ornate and complicated

• genuinely appealing and charming

ineffable

• Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

• Easily expressed in simple terms.

• A feeling of intense joy or happiness.

• Something that can be easily understood.

euphemism

• A harsh or blunt expression used to describe something unpleasant.

• A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

• A term used to describe a positive situation in a negative context.

• A formal term used in legal documents to describe a crime.

menagerie

• A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition.

• A type of musical performance involving multiple instruments.

• A gathering of people for a social event.

• A collection of rare books and manuscripts.

gaudiness

• Excessively showy or flashy, often in a tasteless way.

• Simple and elegant in design.

• Subtle and understated beauty.

• Dark and gloomy appearance.

turgid

• Swollen and distended or congested.

• Dry and shriveled.

• Flat and deflated.

• Light and airy.

hitherto

• Until now or until the point in time under discussion.

• A term used to describe a future event.

• A phrase indicating a past event.

• A synonym for 'never'.