Honors English 11 Vocab Deck 2

Question 1

Benign

Answer 1

Kind and Gentle dispasition

Question 2

Insurmountable

Answer 2

Incapable of being overcome

Question 3

Obviated

Answer 3

To anticipate and prevent eliminate by effective measure

Question 4

Err

Answer 4

To make a mistake or to sin

Question 5

Usurping

Answer 5

To size and hold or take over

Question 6

Implore

Answer 6

To beg urgently or pietously

Question 7

Impalpable

Answer 7

Unable to be touched

Question 8

Acrid

Answer 8

Sharp, Biting, Caustic, bitter

Question 9

Epoch

Answer 9

A particular time period

Question 10

inured

Answer 10

To become used to something undesireable

Question 11

Intervening

Answer 11

To come between and hinder or help

Question 12

Mollified

Answer 12

To Calm or Pacify

Question 13

Quaff

Answer 13

To drink heavily

Question 14

Mien

Answer 14

Appearance or Demeanor

Question 15

Pious

Answer 15

Devout and Religious

Question 16

Orb

Answer 16

Sphere or Eyeball

Question 17

Unrelenting

Answer 17

Not yielding or softening in determination

Question 18

Intrusiveness

Answer 18

The act of rudely entering without being invited

Question 19

Pathos

Answer 19

Something arousing sympathy or pity

Question 20

Amid

Answer 20

The middle or midst of

Question 21

Imperceptible

Answer 21

Impossible to perceive

Question 22

Woe

Answer 22

Deep sorrow, grief, or misfortune

Question 23

Potenate

Answer 23

Monarch, Sovereign, or King

Question 24

Requite

Answer 24

To Repay

Question 25

Incongruity

Answer 25

The quality of not matching or being out of place

Question 26

Discern

Answer 26

Unable to distinguish