Lesson 24-26

Question 1

Edifice -

Answer 1

building

Question 2

Egregious -

Answer 2

blatantly wrong

Question 3

Elusive -

Answer 3

evasive, hard to grasp

Question 4

Emollient -

Answer 4

soothing lotion

Question 5

Empirical -

Answer 5

based on experimental data

Question 6

Enervate -

Answer 6

weaken

Question 7

Enfranchise -

Answer 7

free from slavery and give the right to vote

Question 8

Epitaph -

Answer 8

words inscribed on a tomb

Question 9

Espouse -

Answer 9

to support

Question 10

Expurgate -

Answer 10

to delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text

Question 11

Extant -

Answer 11

existing

Question 12

Fabrication -

Answer 12

a lie

Question 13

Facile -

Answer 13

easy

Question 14

Felicitous -

Answer 14

pleasant, suitable

Question 15

Feral -

Answer 15

wild, savage

Question 16

Flotsam -

Answer 16

debris floating around

Question 17

Galvanize -

Answer 17

to arouse to action

Question 18

Gaunt -

Answer 18

thin, skinny

Question 19

Gingerly -

Answer 19

carefully

Question 20

Grovel -

Answer 20

beg or plead

Question 21

Hapless -

Answer 21

unfortunate

Question 22

Harbinger -

Answer 22

omen

Question 23

Histrionic -

Answer 23

melodramatic, theatrical

Question 24

Hubris -

Answer 24

excessive pride

Question 25

Inanimate -

Answer 25

not living

Question 26

Incantation -

Answer 26

chant

Question 27

Inchoate -

Answer 27

not fully formed or developed

Question 28

Incisive -

Answer 28

harsh

Question 29

Incumbent -

Answer 29

one who holds political office

Question 30

Indelible -

Answer 30

permanent, cannot be erased