Acts 4 and 5 Vocab

Question 1

Proscribe

Answer 1

v. to denounce or to condemn, to forbid; proscription n. the act of proscribing, prohibition, banishment

Question 2

Mettle

Answer 2

n. courage or spirit

Question 3

Chasten

Answer 3

v. to discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior; chastisement n. verbal punishment, rebuke for making a mistake

Question 4

Containment

Answer 4

n. something that causes impurity; something that defiles or pollutes; contaminate v. to cause impurity, defile or pollute

Question 5

Mirth

Answer 5

n. gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

Question 6

Presumptuous

Answer 6

adj. brazenly overstepping bounds, arrogant; presume v. to take for granted, assume or suppose

Question 7

Yoke

Answer 7

v. to fit or to join with a harness, to connect or to join together

Question 8

Chide

Answer 8

v. to voice disapproval, to scold

Question 9

Cynical

Answer 9

adj. given to faultfinding, sneering, and sarcasm; cynic n. a person who believes all people are selfish, whose outlook is scornful and negative

Question 10

Nimble

Answer 10

adj. quick in movement or resourcefulness; nimbleness n. light and quick of movement

Question 11

Exigent

Answer 11

adj. urgent, requiring immediate attention; exigent n. pressing necessity, decisive moment

Question 12

Vile

Answer 12

adj. wretchedly bad, highly offensive, unpleasant or objectionable

Question 13

Peevish

Answer 13

adj. fretful, obstinate

Question 14

Presage

Answer 14

n. something that foreshadows a future event, foreknowledge of the future; presage v. to have a presentiment, to foreshow or foreshadow

Question 15

Ascend

Answer 15

v. to move upward, to rise from a lower station, to climb or advance

Question 16

Tidings

Answer 16

n. information or news

Question 17

Melancholy

Answer 17

n. depression of spirits, soberly thoughtful, pensive despondency

Question 18

Engender

Answer 18

v. to cause, to produce or create

Question 19

Tarry

Answer 19

v. to delay in coming or going, to linger

Question 20

Virtuous

Answer 20

adj. having excellent morals, righteousness; virtue n. moral excellence, goodness, righteousness