Lesson 2- Vocab

Question 1

To clear guilt or to free from a promise of a responsibility
v

Answer 1

Absolve

Question 2

To foreshadow in a indirect way
to outline in a sketchy way; to partially disclose
v

Answer 2

Adumbrate

Question 3

A short, instructive saying

n

Answer 3

Apothegm

Question 4

A defamatory expression; slander

n

Answer 4

Aspersion

Question 5

One who works with another, usually in a subordinate position; an assistant
n

Answer 5

coadjutor

Question 6

Existing at or fating from birth; being an essential characteristic
adj

Answer 6

congenital

Question 7

A lively spirit with a distinctive style

n

Answer 7

elan

Question 8

Pertinent and fitting

adj

Answer 8

germane

Question 9

An interruption of gap in space, continually, or time

n

Answer 9

hiatus

Question 10

to confine within or as if within walls; to imprison

v

Answer 10

immure

Question 11

Not to be avoided or changed; inevitable

adj

Answer 11

ineluctable

Question 12

Marked by slaughter; manually destructive

adj

Answer 12

internecine

Question 13

to appeal to earnestly
to cite in justification
v

Answer 13

invoke

Question 14

A person or thin that serves as an example of its kind; an original
n

Answer 14

prototype

Question 15

occurring every 4 years
lasting 4 years
adj

Answer 15

quadrennial