Final Vocab

Question 1

Furtive

Answer 1

attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.

Question 2

Avarice

Answer 2

extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

Question 3

Baccanalian

Answer 3

characterized by or given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken.

Question 4

Extradite

Answer 4

hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed.

Question 5

Irascible

Answer 5

having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

Question 6

Bastion

Answer 6

a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification

Question 7

Ostracize

Answer 7

exclude (someone) from a society or group.

Question 8

Heresy

Answer 8

an opinion or belief that is the opposite of or against what is the official or popular opinion

Question 9

Anathema

Answer 9

something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.

Question 10

Castigate

Answer 10

reprimand (someone) severely.

Question 11

Gauche

Answer 11

lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless

Question 12

Ignominy

Answer 12

public shame or disgrace.

Question 13

Emaciated

Answer 13

abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Question 14

Expunge

Answer 14

erase or remove completely

Question 15

Candid

Answer 15

(of a photograph of a person) taken informally, especially without the subject’s knowledge.

Question 16

Argot

Answer 16

the jargon or slang of a particular group or class.

Question 17

Negligence

Answer 17

failure to take proper care in doing something.

Question 18

Appease

Answer 18

relieve or satisfy (a demand or a feeling).

Question 19

Strident

Answer 19

loud and harsh; grating.

Question 20

Augment

Answer 20

make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.

Question 21

Jingoism

Answer 21

make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.

Question 22

Rancor

Answer 22

bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing.

Question 23

Inexorable

Answer 23

impossible to stop or prevent.

Question 24

Extol

Answer 24

praise enthusiastically.

Question 25

Clement

Answer 25

(of a person or a person’s actions) merciful.

Question 26

Cliche

Answer 26

an idea or turn of phrase that is considered dull and ineffective because of widespread overuse

Question 27

Diffident

Answer 27

modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

Question 28

Opus

Answer 28

any artistic work, especially one on a large scale.

Question 29

Ostensible

Answer 29

stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.

Question 30

Disparity

Answer 30

a difference in level or treatment, especially one that is seen as unfair.