Anne Frank Vocabulary 3

Question 1

bliss

Answer 1

n. great joy or happiness

Question 2

humane

Answer 2

adj. having what are considered the best qualities of human beings: kind, tender, merciful, sypathetic

Question 3

oppressive

Answer 3

adj. cruelly overbearing; tyrannical

Question 4

reign

Answer 4

v. to rule over

Question 5

tedious

Answer 5

adj. tiresome, boring

Question 6

critic

Answer 6

n. a person who forms and expresses judgements of people or things

Question 7

earnest

Answer 7

adj. not petty; serious; important

Question 8

epidemic

Answer 8

adj. prevalent and spreading rapidly

Question 9

feeble

Answer 9

adj. weak

Question 10

philosophy

Answer 10

n. a particular system of principles for the conduct of life

Question 11

precarious

Answer 11

adj. uncertain

Question 12

asylum

Answer 12

n. a place where one is safe and secure

Question 13

campaign

Answer 13

n. a series of planned, organized actions for a particular purpose

Question 14

devastation

Answer 14

n. great damage or harm to

Question 15

linger

Answer 15

v. to continue to stay; reluctant to leave

Question 16

scandalous

Answer 16

adj. offensive to a sense of decency or shocking to the moral feelings of a community

Question 17

superficial

Answer 17

adj. concerned only with what is obvious or apparent

Question 18

attentive

Answer 18

adj. paying attention; observant