BAC Vocab (90-99)

Question 1

furtive

Answer 1

(adj) attempting to avoid notice or attention; secretive; sly

Question 2

frugal

Answer 2

(adj) careful or economic with regard to money or food; thrifty

Question 3

internalize

Answer 3

(v) to make attitudes or behavior part of one’s nature though learning or unconscious assimilation

Question 4

voracious

Answer 4

(adj) craving or consuming large quantities of something

Question 5

preempt

Answer 5

(v) to forestall or prevent by acting first; to head off

Question 6

disavow

Answer 6

(v) to deny knowledge of, responsibility for, or support for

Question 7

sow

Answer 7

(v) to plant the seeds of; to cause to appear or spread

Question 8

sinister

Answer 8

(adj)
(1) giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen; threatening; (2) bad, evil, wicked, criminal

Question 9

microcosm

Answer 9

(n) a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger