Lesson 11 Vocabulary

Question 1

Agile

Answer 1

ability to move quickly

Question 2

Antidote

Answer 2

something that relieves the effects of poison

Question 3

Ascertain

Answer 3

to find out definitely

Question 4

Benevolence

Answer 4

kindness and generosity

Question 5

Desolate

Answer 5

deserted, without inhabitants

Question 6

Din

Answer 6

loud noises

Question 7

Dissuade

Answer 7

to talk out of

Question 8

Distend

Answer 8

to expand and 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

Question 13

Inert

Answer 13

unable to move or act

Question 14

Malevolence

Answer 14

ill will or evil intentions

Question 15

Obliterate

Answer 15

to remove all traces of, destroy completely

Question 16

Ornate

Answer 16

excessively decorated

Question 17

Abet

Answer 17

encourage assist usually in an offense against the law

Question 18

Paucity

Answer 18

scarcity

Question 19

Piety

Answer 19

devotion and reverence to God

Question 20

Precarious

Answer 20

dangerous or risky

Question 21

Prosaic

Answer 21

normal, unimaginative, banal

Question 22

Quiescent

Answer 22

inactive or dormant

Question 23

Scintillating

Answer 23

sparkling or flashing

Question 24

Squalid

Answer 24

filthy in appearance

Question 25

Vexation

Answer 25

discomfort or distress