Lesson 6

Question 0

Apprehend

Verb

Answer 0

1 to seize; to arrest

2 to grasp the meaning of; to understand

Question 1

Anarchy

Noun

Answer 1

1 total absence of government

2 lack of order; total confusion

Question 2

Arraign

Verb

Answer 2

1 to bring before a court to face charges

Question 3

Assimilate

Verb

Answer 3

1 to absorb into a population

2 to take in a part and absorb into the whole

Question 4

Bizarre

Adjective

Answer 4

1 strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar

Question 5

Calamity
1 noun
2 adjective, calamitous

Answer 5

1 an event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster

2 disastrous

Question 6

Conspire
1&2 verb
3 noun, conspiracy

Answer 6

1 to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal
2 to join or act together
3 a joining with others to plan or carry out unlawful acts

Question 7

Dissension

1 noun

Answer 7

1 a difference of opinion; disagreement

Question 8

Elapse

1 verb

Answer 8

1 to pass or slip by(used with time)

Question 9

Imminent

1 adjective

Answer 9

1 about to happen; likely to occur in the very near future

Question 10

Interrogate
1 verb
2 noun, interrogation

Answer 10

1 to ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner
2 the act of questioning

Question 11

Lionize

1 verb

Answer 11

1 to treat as a celebrity

Question 12

Meticulous

1 adjective

Answer 12

1 extremely careful; attentive to small details

Question 13

Shackle
1&2 noun
3 verb

Answer 13

1 a ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement
2 something that prevents free action
3 to prevent freedom of action

Question 14

Swelter
1 verb
2 adjective, sweltering

Answer 14

1 to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat

2 very hot and humid; uncomfortable because of extremely hot weather