Deck 2

Question 1

abhor

Answer 1

verb - regard with disgust and hatred

He was a man who abhorred violence and was deeply committed to reconciliation.

Question 2

abhorrent

Answer 2

adj - inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant

Racial discrimination is an abhorrent behavior.

Question 3

abhorrence

Answer 3

noun - a feeling of repulsion; disgusted loathing; revulsion

After he cheated on her, she looked at him with abhorrence.

Question 4

augment

Answer 4

verb - make something greater by adding to it

We should augment the building to protect it from the upcoming hurricane.

Question 5

benevolence

Answer 5

noun - the quality of being well meaning; kindness

His benevolence towards his coworkers always made him popular in the office.

Question 6

benevolent

Answer 6

adj - well meaning and kindly; kindhearted

They performed towards him every little office of affection and duty with gentleness; and he rewarded them by his benevolent smiles.

Question 7

conjecture (v)

Answer 7

verb - form an opinion or supposition about something on the basis of incomplete information

He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities

Question 8

conjecture (n)

Answer 8

An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information; presumption

The conjecture he made was completely based on his side of the story.

Question 9

desolate

Answer 9

adj - a deep sense of loneliness/ heart brokenness that someone feels

After the earthquake destroyed their home, the desolate family didn’t know what to do.

Question 10

desolation

Answer 10

noun - anguished misery or loneliness; a state of complete emptiness or destruction

Her death left him with a terrible sense of desolation.

Question 11

entreat

Answer 11

verb - ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something urgently

She would, she pleaded, write herself to the Prince , entreat him to agree for her sake.

Question 12

entreaty

Answer 12

noun - an earnest or humble request, with urgency; plea

She denied his many entreaties, and left him helpless and heartbroken.

Question 13

exile

Answer 13

noun - the state of being barred from one’s native country; banishment

After the king’s crimes, the entire monarchy was exiled from the country.

Question 14

indignant

Answer 14

adj - feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

He was very indignant about the charges, which where bribed for by the other party.

Question 15

indignation

Answer 15

noun - anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment

His face was flushed with indignation after the foul wasn’t called.

Question 16

loathe

Answer 16

verb - feel intense dislike or disgust for

He loathed the idea that his daughter should be forced to marry an old man.

Question 17

loathsome

Answer 17

adj - causing hatred or disgust; repulsive

Smoking is a loathsome habit.

Question 18

malice

Answer 18

noun - the intention or desire to do evil; ill will

Killing someone without malice is manslaughter.

Question 19

malicious

Answer 19

adj - characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm

Malicious software aims to give you a virus and breaks your computer.

Question 20

myriad (n)

Answer 20

noun - a countless or extremely great number

There are myriads of stars in the sky every night.

Question 21

myriad (a)

Answer 21

adj - countless or extremely great in number

The myriad armies scared all the enemies away.

Question 22

obscure

Answer 22

adj - not discovered or known about; uncertain; hard to make out or define;

I had an obscure feeling that all was not over, and that he would still commit some signal crime.

Question 23

obscurity

Answer 23

noun - the quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is unclear or difficult to understand

The obscurity of a medical magazine always takes me hours to comprehend.

Question 24

precipice

Answer 24

noun - a very steep rock face or cliff, typically a tall one

I feel as if I was walking along a precipice, with the thousands of eyes judging my every move.

Question 25

precipitious

Answer 25

adj - dangerously high or steep; sudden and dramatic

The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.

Question 26

spurn

Answer 26

verb - reject with disdain or contempt
-associated with hatred

Thee young girl spoke in high and enthusiastic terms of her mother, who, born in freedom, spurned the bondage to which she was now reduced.