Lesson 11

Question 1

Expunge

Answer 1

V
To remove something completely
The criminal changes were expunged from his record

Question 2

Approbation

Answer 2

N
To praise or approve
The company has been received the approbation of its former critics

Question 3

Iniquity

Answer 3

N

The quality of being evil or unfair

Question 4

Precocious

Answer 4

Adj
Behaving or having the qualities of an adult at an usually early age
She was precocious child who could read before went to school

Question 5

Pejorative

Answer 5

Adj
Insulting to someone or something
A word with pejorative connotations

Question 6

Licentious

Answer 6

Adj
Sexually immoral or offensive
We can’t allowed the licentious behaviors

Question 7

Verdant

Answer 7

Adj
Green with growing plants
The fields were verdant

Question 8

Penurious

Answer 8

Adj
Very poor
The Penurious school system had to lay off several teachers

Question 9

Transmute

Answer 9

V
To completely change the form appearance or nature of someone or something
Her act transmutes trash into a thing of beauty

Question 10

Modicum

Answer 10

n
A small amount
The group had a modicum of success in early 1990s

Question 11

Nascent

Answer 11

Adj
Beginning to exist
Nascent democratic governments

Question 12

Sagacity

Answer 12

n
Having or showing an ability to understand difficult ideas
The old man was respected for his sagacity

Question 13

Impervious

Answer 13

Adj
Not allowing something to enter or pass through the
A substance impervious to light

Question 14

Stupefy

Answer 14

V
To shock or surprise someone very much
I was stupefied by their decision

Question 15

Stolid

Answer 15

Adj
Showing little or no emotion
She remembered stolid during the trial

Question 16

Desecrated

Answer 16

V
To damage( a holy place or object)
The vandals were accused of desecrating graves

Question 17

Usurp

Answer 17

V
To take or keep (something such as power)in a forceful way or violent way and especially without the right to do so
Some people have accused city council members of trying to usurp the mayor’s power

Question 18

Obsequious

Answer 18

Too eager to help or obey someone important

She’s constantly followed by obsequious assistants who will do anything she tells them to

Question 19

Morass

Answer 19

n
An area of soft wet ground
The jungle is full of morass muck

Question 20

Evince

Answer 20

V
To show something clearly
She evinced an interest in art at an early age