Lesson 11 Definitions

Question 0

Agile

Answer 0

Characterized by ability to move quickly with suppleness and grace

Question 1

Abet

Answer 1

To encourage or assist (usually an offense against justice or the law)

Question 2

Antidote

Answer 2

Something that relieves the effects of poison

Question 3

Ascertain

Answer 3

To find out definitely; to determine

Question 4

Benevolence

Answer 4

Kindness, generosity, charity

Question 5

Desolate

Answer 5

Deserted, without inhabitants, barren

Question 6

Din

Answer 6

Loud and discordant noises, cacophony

Question 7

Dissuade

Answer 7

To advise against, to talk out of

Question 8

Distend

Answer 8

To expand, to swell

Question 9

Enervation

Answer 9

Weakness

Question 10

Eulogy

Answer 10

Praise or tribute

Question 11

Fitful

Answer 11

Irregular

Question 12

Indelible

Answer 12

Cannot be removed, washed away or erased

Question 13

Inert

Answer 13

Unable to move or to act, sluggish

Question 14

Malevolence

Answer 14

Ill will or evil intentions

Question 15

Obliterate

Answer 15

To remove all traces of; to do away with; to destroy completely; to cancel

Question 16

Ornate

Answer 16

Excessively decorated

Question 17

Paucity

Answer 17

Scarcity, fewness of number, dearth

Question 18

Piety

Answer 18

Devotion and reverence to God

Question 19

Precarious

Answer 19

Dangerous, risky, not a secure situation

Question 20

Prosaic

Answer 20

Commonplace, uninspired, banal

Question 21

Quiescent

Answer 21

Inactive, dormant

Question 22

Scintillating

Answer 22

Sparkling, shining, or flashing

Question 23

Squalid

Answer 23

Filthy in appearance, sordid

Question 24

Vexation

Answer 24

Discomfort or distress