Lessons 5-6

Question 1

acrimony

Answer 1

n. bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility

Question 2

affinity

Answer 2

n. attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship

Question 3

ambivalent

Answer 3

adj. having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone; indecisive

Question 4

cessation

Answer 4

n. stopping, either final or temporary

Question 5

emaciated

Answer 5

adj. very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny

Question 6

enclave

Answer 6

n. distinct region or community enclosed with a larger territory

Question 7

engender

Answer 7

v. bring into being, produce

Question 8

exacerbate

Answer 8

v. make more severe, bitter, or violent

Question 9

illicit

Answer 9

adj. not allowed, improper, or unlawful

Question 10

indigenous

Answer 10

adj. naturally living or growing in a certain area; native

Question 11

inexorable

Answer 11

adj. not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless

Question 12

infatuated

Answer 12

adj. filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire

Question 13

insatiable

Answer 13

adj. never satisfied; greedy

Question 14

poignant

Answer 14

adj. painfully moving, affecting, or touching

Question 15

proselytize

Answer 15

v. convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause

Question 16

ameliorate

Answer 16

v. make better; become better; improve

Question 17

baleful

Answer 17

expressing hatred or evil; harmful, ominous

Question 18

berate

Answer 18

v. criticize vigorously; scold vehemently

Question 19

circumvent

Answer 19

v. avoid through craftiness

Question 20

compunction

Answer 20

n. feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt

Question 21

condone

Answer 21

v. overlook or accept without punishment; pardon or excuse

Question 22

diminutive

Answer 22

adj. very small; tiny

Question 23

euphemism

Answer 23

n. polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant

Question 24

expendable

Answer 24

adj. able to be used up and then discarded or replaced

Question 25

heresy

Answer 25

n. expression of shocking or unacceptable views

Question 26

infirmity

Answer 26

n. physical or mental weakness or defect

Question 27

profane

Answer 27

v. treat with scorn or irreverence | adj. disrespectful of sacred things; not connected with religion; worldly

Question 28

recompense

Answer 28

v. pay or compensate | n. payment; compensation

Question 29

repast

Answer 29

n. food and drink; meal

Question 30

servitude

Answer 30

n. lack of freedom; forced labor