Lesson 26 words

Question 1

abominable

Answer 1

repentantly hateful: very unpleasant, detestable, loathsome

Question 2

abscond

Answer 2

to leave secretly and hide

Question 3

capitulate

Answer 3

to surrender

Question 4

castigate

Answer 4

to punish or to subdue by punishment; to criticize with drastic severity

Question 5

comatose

Answer 5

lethargic, unconcious

Question 6

consolidate

Answer 6

to make solid, to unite, or to merge

Question 7

despondency

Answer 7

depression, dejection

Question 8

destitution

Answer 8

state of being extremely poor, in extreme want

Question 9

eddy

Answer 9

a current of air or water moving contrary to the main current (circularly)

Question 10

enfranchise

Answer 10

to give or to bestow something such as the right to vote or citizenship

Question 11

ennoble

Answer 11

to elevate, to raise in rank

Question 12

fecund

Answer 12

capable or reproducing, intellectual productivity

Question 13

inebriation

Answer 13

drunkenness, intoxication

Question 14

inopportune

Answer 14

inconvenient, poorly timed

Question 15

inviolable

Answer 15

secure from violation or from being profaned

Question 16

nonchalance

Answer 16

indifference, a showing of little intrest

Question 17

prevarication

Answer 17

evasiveness, lie

Question 18

primordial

Answer 18

original, existing at the beginning (usually relates to time)

Question 19

punctilious

Answer 19

stressing precise following of instruction, details, codes or conduct

Question 20

remonstrate

Answer 20

to protest, to make objections

Question 21

rudimentary

Answer 21

consisting in first principles, of a primitive kind; relating to basic skills

Question 22

sonnet

Answer 22

a 14 line form of poetry

Question 23

tantamount

Answer 23

equivalent in value or significance

Question 24

turgid

Answer 24

swollen

Question 25

vestigial

Answer 25

something in an underdeveloped form