Lesson 3 Vocab

Question 0

Affable

Answer 0

• Friendly
• Courteous
• Amiable

Question 1

Abstruse

Answer 1

• Difficult to understand
• Recondite
• Concealed

Question 2

Audacity

Answer 2

• Excessive boldness
• Rashness
• Daring

Question 3

Contrite

Answer 3

• Extremely apologetic
• Remorseful
• Repentant

Question 4

Credulous

Answer 4

• Believing on slight evidence

- Gullible

Question 5

Depravity

Answer 5

• Moral corruption

- A wicked or perverse act

Question 6

Deprecate

Answer 6

• To disapprove regretfully
• To belittle
• To express mild disapproval

Question 7

Didactic

Answer 7

• Instructive

- Designed to teach

Question 8

Dormant

Answer 8

• Inactive

- Sleeping

Question 9

Enigmatic

Answer 9

• Mysterious
• Inexplicable
• Puzzling

Question 10

Exotic

Answer 10

• Foreign

- Unfamiliar

Question 11

Fuse

Answer 11

To mix or join (usually by melting)

Question 12

Immutable

Answer 12

-Unchanging

Question 13

Incorrigible

Answer 13

-Incapable of being reformed or improved

Question 14

Loathe

Answer 14

-To detest

Question 15

Mitigate

Answer 15

• To cause
• To become less harsh or hostile
• To make less severe

Question 16

Nullify

Answer 16

• To cause not to be in effect

- To negate

Question 17

Pacifistic

Answer 17

-Opposed to war or use of force

Question 18

Pretentious

Answer 18

• Making an extravagant outward show

- Self-important

Question 19

Prologue

Answer 19

• Introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work

- Introductory action

Question 20

Recant

Answer 20

• To withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief

- Revoke

Question 21

Servile

Answer 21

-Overly submissive

Question 22

Trepidation

Answer 22

• Fear
• Trembling
• Agitation

Question 23

Vilify

Answer 23

• To malign
• To defame
• To utter abusive statements against