601 Lesson 10

Question 0

bane

Answer 0

cause of death, ruin or distress

Question 1

abut

Answer 1

border on; adjoin

Question 2

deign

Answer 2

to think below one’s dignity; condescend; give

Question 3

eke

Answer 3

to supplement; to manage to make a living with difficulty; to use frugally

Question 4

knell

Answer 4

to ring in a slow, solemn way; toll; to call or announce by a mournful ringing; an omen of death or failure

Question 5

mete

Answer 5

to allot, distribute or apportion

Question 6

moot

Answer 6

dicussion or argument of a hypothetical law case; debatable; so hypothetical as to be meaningless

Question 7

mulct

Answer 7

to punish by a fine or by depriving of something to extract by fraud or deceit

Question 8

plumb

Answer 8

perfectly vertical; directly; to test or sound with this line (measure); to discover the facts; to fathom, solve or understand

Question 9

quail

Answer 9

to draw back in fear; lose heart or courage; cower

Question 10

roil

Answer 10

to make liquid cloudy or muddy; to stir up or agitate; to make angry; rile

Question 11

shunt

Answer 11

to move or turn to one side; to shift or switch from one track to another

Question 12

svelte

Answer 12

slender and graceful; suave; polished

Question 13

thrall

Answer 13

a slave or bondman; a person under the moral or psycological domination of something or someone

Question 14

tryst

Answer 14

an appointment, as by lovers; to meet