Vocab (Group 21)
1 |
medieval |
referring to the Middle Ages, old-fashioned |
His ideas about fashion were positively medieval; he thought that a man should always wear a coat and tie and a woman should always wear a dress. |
2 |
obsolete |
no longer in use; old-fashioned |
Eight-track tape players are obsolete because music isn’t recorded in that format anymore. |
3 |
austere |
without decoration; strict |
The gray walls and bare floors provided a very austere setting. |
4 |
mediocrity |
the state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality |
Salieri said that he was the patron saint of mediocrity because his work could never measure p to Mozart’s. |
5 |
mundane |
commonplace; ordinary |
We hated going to class every day because it was so mundane; we never did anything interesting. |
6 |
ponderous |
extremely dull |
The 700-page book on the anatomy of the flea was so ponderous that I could not read more than one paragraph. |
7 |
prosaic |
unimaginative; dull |
Rebecca made a prosaic mosaic—it consisted of only one tile. |
8 |
sedentary |
not migratory; settled |
Galatea led a sedentary existence; she never even left her home unless she had to. |
Instructions for the Quiz
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