Answers
Cantankerous Correct answer-bad-tempered; quarrelsome
Derogatory Correct answer-uncomplimentary
Exemplify Correct answer-to serve as a good example
Impecunious Correct answer-having no money
Lucid Correct answer-clear
Ornate Correct answer-highly decorated
Precipice Correct answer-steep slope
Salubrious Correct answer-health-giving
Truant Correct answer-shirker; someone absent without permission
Ambulatory Correct answer-hospital patients able to walk around
Capacious Correct answer-spacious
Desecrate Correct answer-to damage or pollute a holy place
Exhaustive Correct answer-complete and thorough
Impious Correct answer-wicked; profane
Ludicrous Correct answer-ridiculous; silly
Orthodox Correct answer-adapt to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true
Precipitous Correct answer-done in a hurry
Salutary Correct answer-something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial
Truncate Correct answer-cut short
, Ameliorate Correct answer-make better
Capitulate Correct answer-surrender; give in to
Desecration Correct answer-spoiling something holy
Exonerates Correct answer-acquits; absolves; removes blame
Impoverished Correct answer-destitute; poor
Lukewarm Correct answer-not having or showing emotion or neither hot nor cold
Ossify Correct answer-turn to bone or become fixed and rigid
Preclude Correct answer-prevent or make impossible
Sanctimonious Correct answer-making a show of being morally superior/better to other people
Tumult Correct answer-a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.
Amelioration Correct answer-improvement
Carping Correct answer-constant criticism
Desist Correct answer-stop; discontinue; cease
Exorcism Correct answer-getting free/rid of; eliminating especially demons
Impromptu Correct answer-unrehearsed; spontaneous
Lummox Correct answer-clumsy person
Ostentatious Correct answer-showy
Precocious Correct answer-developing early
Sanction Correct answer-give approval to
Turpitude Correct answer-wickedness
Cartographer Correct answer-person who makes maps
Despondent Correct answer-having no hope; miserable
Expatriate Correct answer-refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country
Inadvertent Correct answer-not intentional