English Vocabulary Words

Question 1

penury

Answer 1

extreme poverty; destitution

Question 2

insinuate

Answer 2

to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

Question 3

rescind

Answer 3

to repeal, cancel

Question 4

hasten

Answer 4

be quick to do something

Question 5

conflagration

Answer 5

an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property.

Question 6

hermetically

Answer 6

in a way that is insulated or protected from outside influences.

Question 7

pious

Answer 7

deeply religious

Question 8

elude

Answer 8

evade or escape (from danger) often in a cunning or skilled way.

Question 9

lucidity

Answer 9

clarity of expression; intelligibility; brightness.

Question 10

oblivion

Answer 10

the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening

Question 11

harangue

Answer 11

a long, strongly expressed speech or lecture

Question 12

grave

Answer 12

to fix forever in the mind; to carve in stone

Question 13

dissipate

Answer 13

(with reference to a feeling or other intangible thing) disappear or cause to disappear. OR squander or fritter away (money, energy, or resources).

Question 14

knell

Answer 14

a sound made by a bell, often rung slowly for a death or funeral