g9lesson 4

Question 1

Ignominious

Answer 1

Adj
Humiliating, dishonest
When both house fouled by pulling the seekers’s broomsticks, the Game became ignominious.

Question 2

Jubilant

Answer 2

Adj
Showing great joy
When Katniss and Peeta walked on stage, jubilant audiences start cheering

Question 3

Limpid

Answer 3

Adj
Clear, transparent
The mountain foot is surrounded by a pool of limpid lake

Question 4

Malediction

Answer 4

N
A curse or oath
The evil queen gave a malediction to the Enchanted Forest

Question 5

Neophyte

Answer 5

N
A person who newly converted to a belief
The Priest stood up and welcomed the neophytes calmly.

Question 6

Winsome

Answer 6

Adj
Sweetly or innocent charming
The celebrity gave us a winsome grin.

Question 7

Wizened

Answer 7

Adj.
Withered, shriveled.
The old lady is wizened, but her green eyes sparkle when she smiles.

Question 8

Eschew

Answer 8

V
To keep away from sth
They worked as a team to eschew any obstacles.

Question 9

Vicarious

Answer 9

Adj
felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others.
The awesome story gave us some vicarious thrill.

Question 10

Vicissitude

Answer 10

N
A change
The vicissitude of a society includes change of tradition.

Question 11

Verisimilitude

Answer 11

N
The likelihood of sth
To increase the verisimilitude of the stage, the staffs brought artificial grass

Question 12

Trechant

Answer 12

Adj
Clearly, sharply defined
He received some trenchant criticism from the judges.

Question 13

Surreptitious

Answer 13

Adj
Made by stealth
Annatar, or Sauron forged the One Ring in surreptitious.

Question 14

Demure

Answer 14

Adj
Characterized by shyness and modesty
She acted demure at the party because she knew none of the people who came.

Question 15

Clemency

Answer 15

N
An act or deed showing mercy.
The king pardoned his subject’s crime with his clemency.

Question 16

Acrimony

Answer 16

N
Sharpness, bitterness
She talked to her enemy with words of acrimony.

Question 17

Impetuous

Answer 17

Adj
Sudden or rash actions
He grabbed his impetuous brother’s sleeve to stop him from fighting with another.

Question 18

Malevolent

Answer 18

Adj
Wishing evil or harm to another
The Prince spoke to the council with a malevolent look in his eyes.

Question 19

Burnish

Answer 19

V
To polish, to make sth smooth and bright
Before Tom went to Sunday school, her cousin Mary burnish his leather shoe.

Question 20

Zenith

Answer 20

N
The highest point
The sun reaches it’s zenith at noon.