Ch 21

Question 1

Approbation (n)

Answer 1

An expression of approval or praise

Question 2

Appropriate (v)

Answer 2

To take for one’s own use, confiscate

Question 3

Contiguous (adj)

Answer 3

Sharing a border; touching; adjacent

Question 4

Contrite (adj)

Answer 4

Regretful; seeking forgiveness

• his contrite words were long overdue

Question 5

Disparage (v)

Answer 5

To slight or belittle

Question 6

Disparate (adj)

Answer 6

Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

Question 7

Esoteric (adj)

Answer 7

Intended for or understood by a small, specific group

Question 8

Essay (v)

Answer 8

To test or try

Experiment

Question 9

Innervate (v)

Answer 9

To supply with nerves, energize

Question 10

Innocuous (adj)

Answer 10

Harmless; causing no damage

Question 11

Pied (adj)

Answer 11

Multi-colored, usually in blotches

• pied coat

Question 12

Pillory (v)

Answer 12

To punish, hold up to public scorn

Question 13

Reverent (adj)

Answer 13

Expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

Question 14

Rhetoric (n)

Answer 14

Study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

Question 15

Sordid (adj)

Answer 15

Characterized by filth, grime, foul

Question 16

Sparse (adj)

Answer 16

Thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals

Question 17

Tumid (adj)

Answer 17

Swollen

Question 18

Turbid (adj)

Answer 18

Muddy, cloudy to the point of being opaque, in state of turmoil

Question 19

Turgid (adj)

Answer 19

Swollen, bloated, pompous

Question 20

Inscrutable (adj)

Answer 20

Incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious

• her expression was inscrutable