Lesson 8 Vocab

Question 0

Ameliorate

Answer 0

(V) to make better; improve

Question 1

Allay

Answer 1

(V) to reduce the intensity of; relieve; pacify

Question 2

Asperity

Answer 2

(N) roughness or harshness; severity

Question 3

Exegesis

Answer 3

(n) an analysis; interpretation of

Question 4

Extradite

Answer 4

(V) to release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction

Question 5

Hypocrisy

Answer 5

(N) two faced, falseness

Question 6

Inveigh

Answer 6

(V) to protest, oppose

Question 7

Lionize

Answer 7

(V) to honor or celebrate

Question 8

Pander

Answer 8

(V) to act as a go-between; to exploit weakness of others

Question 9

Profligate

Answer 9

Wasteful; immoral

Question 10

Recalcitrant

Answer 10

(Adj) stubbornly resistant

Question 11

Renunciation

Answer 11

(N) rejection; abandonment

Question 12

Unimpeachable

Answer 12

(Adj) beyond doubt; unquestionable

Question 13

Unwieldy

Answer 13

(Adj) not easily held

Question 14

Vitiate

Answer 14

(V) to reduce the value of; to corrupt or debase

Question 15

Catharsis

Answer 15

H

Question 16

Consternation

Answer 16

G

Question 17

Emollient

Answer 17

I

Question 18

Flay

Answer 18

J

Question 19

Usurped

Answer 19

K

Question 20

Vacillate

Answer 20

L

Question 21

Catharsis

Answer 21

H

Question 22

Emollient

Answer 22

Soothing to the skin

Question 23

Vacillate

Answer 23

Indecisive

Question 24

Consternation

Answer 24

Anxiety or dismay

Question 25

Usurp

Answer 25

take a position or power illegally or by force