Lesson 6 Vocabulary Quiz

Question 1

Arable

Answer 1

fit for plowing

Question 2

Ascendancy (Hitler)

Answer 2

Domination or growing power

Question 3

Atrophy

Answer 3

to waste or wither away

Question 4

Clandestine

Answer 4

secret

Question 5

Conciliate

Answer 5

to renew a friendship

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

casual or hastily done

Question 7

Derision

Answer 7

mockery or ridicule

Question 8

Enmity

Answer 8

absolute hatred, to loathe

Question 9

Extricate

Answer 9

to free

Question 10

Forbearance

Answer 10

patience or lenience

Question 11

Frivolous

Answer 11

lacking in seriousness

Question 12

Garrulous (Mrs. Hunt)

Answer 12

verbose or talkative

Question 13

Impetuous

Answer 13

violent or hasty

Question 14

Industrious

Answer 14

skillfully busy or occupied

Question 15

Infamous

Answer 15

having a reputation of the worst kind

Question 16

Insolence

Answer 16

insulting or arrogant behavior

Question 17

Levity

Answer 17

excessive humor

Question 18

Oblivion

Answer 18

state of being forgotten

Question 19

Paradoxical

Answer 19

something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct

Question 20

Perjury

Answer 20

false testimony under oath

Question 21

Rancor (Think of Astro’s King of New York Rap)

Answer 21

hate, enmity or animosity

Question 22

Sycophant (Think of a teachers pet)

Answer 22

a self-serving flatterer

Question 23

Vacillating

Answer 23

changing or fluctuating

Question 24

Vivid

Answer 24

bright and clear

Question 25

Antiquated

Answer 25

archaic, out of fashion, no longer usable