12/20/13 Vocab

Question 1

Contrition

Answer 1

Sincere penitence or remorse

Question 2

Menial

Answer 2

Not requiring much skill and lacking prestige

Question 3

Idolatrous

Answer 3

Treating someone or something as an idol

Question 4

Essence

Answer 4

A quality of one’s nature that determines character

Question 5

Tangible

Answer 5

Perceptible by touch; clear and definite

Question 6

Legion

Answer 6

A vast host or number of people or things

Question 7

Meager

Answer 7

Lacking in quantity or quality

Question 8

Militate

Answer 8

To be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing

Question 9

Afield

Answer 9

To or at a distance

Question 10

Consignment

Answer 10

A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone

Question 11

Forethought

Answer 11

Careful consideration of what will be necessary or may happen in the future

Question 12

Acumen

Answer 12

The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions

Question 13

Stint

Answer 13

Supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of

Question 14

Resistless

Answer 14

Powerful and irresistible

Question 15

Compunction

Answer 15

A feeling of guilt following the doing of something bad