Lesson 8 Vocabulary

Question 1

Acquiesce

Answer 1

to give in, agree reluctantly but without protest

Question 2

Affinity

Answer 2

a likeness or natural relationship

Question 3

Blasphemous

Answer 3

profane, dirty

Question 4

Buttress

Answer 4

a support or prop

Question 5

Circumspect

Answer 5

careful to consider the consequences cautious or prudent

Question 6

Corroboration

Answer 6

confirmation, validation, verification

Question 7

Deplete (the money in my bank account)

Answer 7

to use up gradually or to lessen in amount

Question 8

Despotic (Hitler or Stalin)

Answer 8

ruling oppressively or absolutely

Question 9

Emaciated ( Rosenberg calls Earl malnutrition)

Answer 9

very thin (usually as a result of starvation)

Question 10

Empirical

Answer 10

based on observation and experiment

Question 11

Extraneous

Answer 11

irrelevant, not essential or vital

Question 12

Fallow

Answer 12

inactive, plowed bu not sown

Question 13

Homogeneous

Answer 13

of the same kind

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

obvious exaggeration

Question 15

Incontrovertible

Answer 15

undeniable or undebatable

Question 16

Irascible

Answer 16

easily angered or cranky

Question 17

Laconic

Answer 17

using a minimum of words, concise to the point of seeing rude

Question 18

Magnanimity

Answer 18

having a generous spirit

Question 19

Obsequious (Bryanna H)

Answer 19

attention seeker, sycophant

Question 20

Proliferation

Answer 20

an extremely fast multiplication

Question 21

Scrupulous

Answer 21

very principled or meticulous

Question 22

Sublime

Answer 22

exalted or noble

Question 23

Surreptitious

Answer 23

secret or stealthy

Question 24

Veracity

Answer 24

devotion to the truth or integrity

Question 25

Zeal

Answer 25

enthusiasm