Chapters 12-21

Question 1

Decree

Answer 1

Official order or decision

Question 2

Placid

Answer 2

Calm or quiet

Question 3

Venue

Answer 3

Place where criminal trial proceeds

Question 4

Venerable

Answer 4

Respected or honored

Question 5

Acquiescence

Answer 5

Act of agreeing to something by being silent

Question 6

Aggregation

Answer 6

To gather into a mass

Question 7

Subpoena

Answer 7

Written legal order telling someone to come to court

Question 8

Nocturnal

Answer 8

Something active during the night

Question 9

Akimbo

Answer 9

With hands on hips and elbows bent outward

Question 10

Elucidate

Answer 10

To make something clear, explain

Question 11

Corroborating

Answer 11

Cooperating, supporting

Question 12

Congenital

Answer 12

Present from birth

Question 13

Acrimonious

Answer 13

When someone rubs you the wrong way, bitterness or harshness of manner

Question 14

Tenet

Answer 14

Belief or principle help by a group as being true

Question 15

Formidable

Answer 15

Something that causes fear and is difficult to overcome

Question 16

Abominable

Answer 16

Awful, hateful, vile, very bad

Question 17

Volition

Answer 17

The act of using your will to make a decision

Question 18

Expunge

Answer 18

To erase or get rid of, to blot or strike out

Question 19

Unmitigated

Answer 19

Absolute, not leased or eased, out-and-out

Question 20

Temerity

Answer 20

Foolish, rash boldness

Question 21

Iniquities

Answer 21

Wicked or unjust act

Question 22

Altercation

Answer 22

Verbal fight between people