Chapter 3 Vocabulary

Question 1

(adj) 1. With little care; 2. Cheerfully

Answer 1

Blithely

Question 2

(v) to perform a task in a clumsy or unskilled way

Answer 2

Bungle

Question 3

(v) 1. To express disapproval of; 2. To declare unsuitable for use

Answer 3

Condemn

Question 4

(v) to compete in a contest or race

Answer 4

Contend

Question 5

(n) 1. Any means used to lead or tempt into danger; 2. Lure; (v) 1. To lead by trickery ; 2. To entice

Answer 5

Decoy

Question 6

(v) 1. To set up and keep going; 2. To prove; 3. To cause to be recognized and accepted

Answer 6

Establish

Question 7

(adj) 1. Straying from a strait path; 2. Roundabout

Answer 7

Indirect

Question 8

(adj) very angry

Answer 8

Irate

Question 9

(n) a degree of freedom to alter or vary something

Answer 9

Leeway

Question 10

(adj) hazy; indistinct; vague

Answer 10

Nebulous

Question 11

(n) 1. Something that takes place; 2. An event or a happening

Answer 11

Occurrence

Question 12

(n) 1. Resistance; 2. A person or group that acts as an obstacle

Answer 12

Opposition

Question 13

(n) 1. A relationship between parts of a whole; 2. The compared relation of things, numbers, or sizes; ratio; (v) to adjust in size; to make symmetrical

Answer 13

Proportion

Question 14

(v) 1. To make angry; 2. To stir into action

Answer 14

Provoke

Question 15

(v) 1. To plunder or rummage space 2. To search in a disorderly way for something to steal

Answer 15

Ransack

Question 16

(v) 1. To become friends again; 2. To bring into agreement

Answer 16

Reconcile

Question 17

(n) 1. A decision; 2. An answer to a problem

Answer 17

Resolution

Question 18

(v) To be silent or distant in a sullen or angry way

Answer 18

Sulk

Question 19

(adj) coarse, crude, or in poor taste

Answer 19

Vulgar

Question 20

To gather or come together

Answer 20

Amass

Question 21

To express with words or gestures

Answer 21

Convey

Question 22

To having in the air

Answer 22

Hover

Question 23

To intervene for the purpose of bringing about an agreement between sides

Answer 23

Mediate

Question 24

To return or come back

Answer 24

Revert

Question 25

To carry or support; to give birth to; to naturally produce

Answer 25

Bear (verb)

Question 26

A large mammal with coarse, thick fur and a short tail

Answer 26

Bear (noun)

Question 27

To go before or to show the way; to guide

Answer 27

Lead (verb)

Question 28

A heavy, soft, bluish-gray metal

Answer 28

Lead (noun)

Question 29

To pull apart into pieces by force; to rip; to pull away by force

Answer 29

Tear (verb)

Question 30

A drop of salty liquid that comes from the eye

Answer 30

Tear (noun)

Question 31

(n) one of two or more possibilities; (adj) giving or being a choice between two or more things

Answer 31

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