Group 13

Question 1

Attenuate

Answer 1

(v) weakenWhen the walls built to attenuate the force of the water collapsed, the city flooded.

Question 2

Commandeer

Answer 2

(v) take possession ofWhen the police officer noticed his tires were punctured, he made the decision to commandeer a civilian’s vehicle.

Question 3

Drivel

Answer 3

(n) NonsenseI think what we just learned was just drivel.(v) To talk nonsenseInstead of studying, we wasted the hours talking about irrelevant drivel.

Question 4

Futile

Answer 4

(adj) useless; hopelessAlthough the dog chewed and chewed on his leash, his efforts to break free were futile.

Question 5

Interminable

Answer 5

(adj) never-endingJack’s friends complained about his interminable tweets.

Question 6

Misrepresentation

Answer 6

(noun) deliberately deceivingPoliticians often misrepresent their true motives.

Question 7

Peremptory

Answer 7

(adj) In a commanding mannerThe general gave the troops a peremptory order they had to obey.

Question 8

Quaint

Answer 8

(adj) attractively unusual or old-fashioned; picturesqueAs I walked through the quaint shop, I felt as though I was transported back in time.

Question 9

Stevedore

Answer 9

(n) dockworkerMy friend has brought along so much luggage, that we will require another stevedore.

Question 10

Virtuoso

Answer 10

(n) an accomplished musician.Ruben is a musical virtuoso who runs his own school of music.

Question 11

Augment

Answer 11

(v) Increase; make biggerBecause I want to augment my income, I am thinking about getting a second job.

Question 12

Complacent

Answer 12

(adj) self-satisfied; smugI am rightfully not complacent with low quality service.

Question 13

Droll

Answer 13

(adj) dryly amusingAs the class clown, David had a droll comment for every point of the discussion.

Question 14

Galleon

Answer 14

(n) An ancient type of a sailing ship.Do you know what museums have galleon ships up for view?

Question 15

Intermittent

Answer 15

(adj) occurring at irregular intervals; sporadicThe baby’s crying is intermittent and can occur at anytime.

Question 16

Mitigate

Answer 16

(v) lessen; make less severeThe doctor gave me a prescription to mitigate the pain.

Question 17

Perfidy

Answer 17

(n) deceitfulness; untrustworthiness; treacheryIf you do business with criminals, you should not be shocked when their perfidy comes back to you in the form of a bullet in the back.

Question 18

Quandary

Answer 18

(n) dilemma; puzzled; confusionMark is in a quandary about whether or not he should keep the money he found in the park.

Question 19

Stifle

Answer 19

(v) to suppress; stop oneself acting on (an emotion)Brady’s comment made her stifle a laugh.

Question 20

Virulent

Answer 20

(adj) dangerous; harmfulHe came down with a virulent type of disease.