American Lit Vocab (Days 145-155)

Question 1

Insoluble

Answer 1

incapable of being dissolved in a liquid

Question 2

Intercede

Answer 2

to attempt to reconcile; to act on behalf of someone in trouble

Question 3

intercept

Answer 3

to seize someone on its way

Question 4

interlinear

Answer 4

Interlined; situated between lines of text

Question 5

interlude

Answer 5

a short piece put between the parts of a longer composition

Question 6

intermediary

Answer 6

an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator; a medium or means.

Question 7

intervene

Answer 7

to come between disputing people ; to occur or be between two things.

Question 8

irrevocable

Answer 8

not able to be recalled or revoked; unable to be repealed or annulled

Question 9

abase

Answer 9

to lower so as to not hurt someones feelings; to lower in level

Question 10

aberration

Answer 10

the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course:

Question 11

abet

Answer 11

to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing

Question 12

abject

Answer 12

utterly hopeless

Question 13

Abjure

Answer 13

to renounce or give up; recant

Question 14

Abnegation

Answer 14

the act of denying oneself rights

Question 15

Abrogate

Answer 15

to abolish by formal or put an end to

Question 16

absolution

Answer 16

freeing from guilt

Question 17

abstruse

Answer 17

hard to understand

Question 18

accretion

Answer 18

to increase by natural growth

Question 19

acerbic

Answer 19

harsh or severe

Question 20

acrimony

Answer 20

sharpness or harshness in nature or speech

Question 21

acumen

Answer 21

keen insight

Question 22

abide

Answer 22

to remain