English Chp. 11

Question 1

Brevity

Answer 1

Shortness

Question 2

Comport

Answer 2

To conduct or bear oneself,behave; to be in agreement

Question 3

Concise

Answer 3

Expressing much in few words

Question 4

Demure

Answer 4

Sober or serious in manner, modest

Question 5

Depreciation

Answer 5

A lessening in value

Question 6

Deteriorate

Answer 6

To lower in quality of value to Wear away

Question 7

Divulge

Answer 7

To tell reveal to make public

Question 8

Enlightened

Answer 8

Free from ignorance and false ideas possessing sound understanding

Question 9

Forestall

Answer 9

To prevent by acting first

Question 10

Garble

Answer 10

To distort in such a way as to make unintelligible

Question 11

Proponent

Answer 11

One who puts forward a proposal one who supports a cause or belief

Question 12

Quaver

Answer 12

To shake tremble to trill

Question 13

Recoil

Answer 13

To spring back shrink the act of springing back

Question 14

Recoup

Answer 14

To make up for

Question 15

Reek

Answer 15

An unpleasant smell : to give a strong impression

Question 16

Relentless

Answer 16

Unyielding harsh without pity

Question 17

Rivulet

Answer 17

A small stream

Question 18

Squander

Answer 18

To spend foolishly

Question 19

Staccato

Answer 19

Detached or disconnected in sound

Question 20

Statute

Answer 20

A law