College Board Online Test #4 Section 4

Question 1

forestall

Answer 1

to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance

Question 2

ramshackle

Answer 2

loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky; disorderly

Question 3

divulge

Answer 3

to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown)

Question 4

finesse

Answer 4

extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.

Question 5

hedonistic

Answer 5

a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.

Question 6

unwieldy

Answer 6

not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.

Question 7

comportment

Answer 7

personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior.

Question 8

deride

Answer 8

to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock

Question 9

vindicate

Answer 9

to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like

Question 10

foster

Answer 10

to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage

Question 11

impoverish

Answer 11

to reduce to poverty

Question 12

debilitate

Answer 12

to make weak or feeble; enfeeble

Question 13

invigorate

Answer 13

to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.

Question 14

aggrandize

Answer 14

1. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
2. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.

Question 15

corroborate

Answer 15

to support or make more certain with evidence.

Question 16

hackneyed

Answer 16

made commonplace or trite; stale; banal

Question 17

recourse

Answer 17

access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection

Question 18

bromide

Answer 18

a platitude or trite saying.

Question 19

forbearance

Answer 19

an abstaining from the enforcement of a right.

Question 20

imbued

Answer 20

to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.

Question 21

rescind

Answer 21

to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.

Question 22

consort

Answer 22

a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.

Question 23

embroiled

Answer 23

to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.

Question 24

quash

Answer 24

to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue

Question 25

debilitate

Answer 25

to make weak or feeble; enfeeble

Question 26

invigorate

Answer 26

to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.

Question 27

aggrandize

Answer 27

1. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
2. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.

Question 28

recourse [to]

Answer 28

access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection.

Question 29

bromide

Answer 29

a platitude or trite saying.

Question 30

forbearance

Answer 30

an abstaining from the enforcement of a right.

Question 31

imbue

Answer 31

to permeate, impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.

Question 32

rescind

Answer 32

to abrogate; revoke; repeal.