Enlightenment Vocabulary

Question 1

Prevalent

Answer 1

Generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : WIDESPREAD

Question 2

Discord

Answer 2

Lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)

Question 3

Treacherous

Answer 3

Likely to betray trust : UNRELIABLE
Providing insecure footing or support

Question 4

Extort

Answer 4

To obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power

Question 5

Ostentation

Answer 5

Excessive display : vain and unnecessary show especially for the purpose of attracting attention, admiration, or envy

Question 6

Parsimony

Answer 6

The quality of being careful with money or resources

Question 7

Toil

Answer 7

Long strenuous fatiguing labor

Question 8

Sexton

Answer 8

A church officer or employee who takes care of the church property and performs related minor duties (such as ringing the bell for services and digging graves)

Question 9

Forge

Answer 9

A furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought

Question 10

Tenant

Answer 10

One who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another
One who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (such as a security) by any kind of right