OC- Test 3- Section 8

Question 1

Deride

Answer 1

Make fun of

Question 2

Relinquished

Answer 2

To give up; to surrender

Question 3

Instigate

Answer 3

Influence, provoke

Question 4

Paragon

Answer 4

Outstanding example

Question 5

Magnanimity

Answer 5

The quality of being kind

Question 6

Pedant

Answer 6

A person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning; a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense.

Question 7

Modesty

Answer 7

Shyness

Question 8

Dilettante

Answer 8

Amateurish

Question 9

Conceived

Answer 9

Formed an idea

Question 10

Coveted

Answer 10

Desire strongly

Question 11

Meticulousness

Answer 11

Detailed, perfectionist

Question 12

Effrontery

Answer 12

Boldness; shameless

Question 13

Inhibition

Answer 13

Restriction, hindrance

Question 14

Litigiousness

Answer 14

Quarrelsome

Question 15

Impetuousness

Answer 15

Acting without thinking

Question 16

Mediated

Answer 16

Try to bring to an agreement

Question 17

Attenuated

Answer 17

To weaken

Question 18

Burgeoned

Answer 18

To grow quickly

Question 19

Reconciled

Answer 19

Make peace; adjust

Question 20

Mollified

Answer 20

To soothe, soften feeling

Question 21

Lionized

Answer 21

To treat a person as a celebrity

Question 22

Accosted

Answer 22

Approach for conversation

Question 23

Galvanized

Answer 23

Inspire, stimulate

Question 24

Vilified

Answer 24

To speak ill of