Ch. 14-24

Question 0

Verdure

Answer 0

Green foliage

Question 1

Bane

Answer 1

Something causing misery or death

Question 2

Sedulous

Answer 2

Marked by care and persistent effort

Question 3

Deleterious

Answer 3

Harmful to living things

Question 4

Petulant

Answer 4

Easily irritated or annoyed

Question 5

Precocity

Answer 5

Intelligence achieved far ahead of normal development schedules

Question 6

Scintillating

Answer 6

Marked by high spirits or excitement

Question 7

Satiate

Answer 7

Fill to satisfaction

Question 8

Pallor

Answer 8

Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

Question 9

Mollify

Answer 9

Make less rigid or softer

Question 10

Vestige

Answer 10

a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.

Question 11

Duplicity

Answer 11

acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

Question 12

Dissolute

Answer 12

Unrestrained by convention or morality

Question 13

Repudiate

Answer 13

Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

Question 14

Apotheosize

Answer 14

Deify or glorify

Question 15

Consternation

Answer 15

Fear resulting from the awareness of danger

Question 16

Depredation

Answer 16

An act of plundering or pillaging

Question 17

Jocular

Answer 17

Characterized by jokes and good humor

Question 18

Effervescent

Answer 18

Marked by high spirits or excitement

Question 19

Animadversion

Answer 19

Harsh criticism or disapproval

Question 20

Pithy

Answer 20

The essence of something

⭐️(of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive

Question 21

Ignominy

Answer 21

Public shame or disgrace

Question 22

Sagacity (Sagacious)

Answer 22

Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; shrewd

Question 23

Impropriety

Answer 23

a failure to observe standards or show due honesty or modesty; improper language, behavior, or character.