Honors Vocabulary 9

Question 1

benefactor

Answer 1

n. a person who gives money or other help to a person or cause

Question 2

precipice

Answer 2

n. a very steep rock or cliff

Question 3

faggot

Answer 3

n. bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel

Question 4

remuneration

Answer 4

n. paying, recompensing, or rewarding for work

Question 5

depredation

Answer 5

n. act of preying upon or plundering; robbery

Question 6

enmity

Answer 6

n. feeling of hostility; hatred

Question 7

parapet

Answer 7

n. defensive wall or elevation

Question 8

throng

Answer 8

n. multitude of people crowded or assembled together

Question 9

paraphernalia

Answer 9

n. equipment, apparatus or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity

Question 10

incantation

Answer 10

n. chanting or uttering of words that have magical power; a spell or charm

Question 11

necromancer

Answer 11

n. a wizard or magician

Question 12

abominable

Answer 12

adj. repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome; very unpleasant

Question 13

bulbous

Answer 13

adj. bulb-shaped; bulging

Question 14

unimpeachable

Answer 14

adj. above suspicion; impossible to discreet; impeccable

Question 15

circuitous

Answer 15

round about; not direct

Question 16

defray

Answer 16

v. to bear or pay all or part of

Question 17

repose

Answer 17

v. to lie or be at rest

Question 18

rend

Answer 18

v. to separate into parts with force or violence

Question 19

implore

Answer 19

v. to beg urgently for something

Question 20

smite

Answer 20

v. to strike or hit hard with the hand, stick, or other weapon