Our America Combined Vocabulary

Question 1

Retention

Answer 1

Keeping or remembering; preservation; withholding

Question 2

Destitute

Answer 2

Extremely poor; lacking necessities like food and shelter

Question 3

Incessannt

Answer 3

Occurring so frequently as to seem unending or uninterrupted

Question 4

Attrition

Answer 4

Gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a decrease in numbers of size; in school, the loss of students to dropping out

Question 5

Pervasive

Answer 5

Spreading throughout; widespread

Question 6

Mitigate

Answer 6

Make less severe or harsh

Question 7

Aggregate

Answer 7

A collection of single items, made into one mass

Question 8

Indictment

Answer 8

The act of accusing; a formal accusation

Question 9

Resilient

Answer 9

Recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

Question 10

Scrutinize

Answer 10

To examine closely

Question 11

Futility

Answer 11

Feeling of being ineffective; uselessness, hopelessness

Question 12

Disdain

Answer 12

Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; looking down upon

Question 13

Discretion

Answer 13

Freedom to use one’s judgement; in law, judge’s power to use own judgement in legal decisions

Question 14

Emulate

Answer 14

To imitate, follow as an example; to try to be equal to or surpass another

Question 15

Impervious

Answer 15

Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

Question 16

Revitalize

Answer 16

To bring something back after it declined in condition or popularity

Question 17

Cognizant

Answer 17

Aware; having knowledge of something; mindful

Question 18

Affidavit

Answer 18

A sworn, written declaration made in front of an authority

Question 19

Parity

Answer 19

Equality, as in amount, status, or value

Question 20

Recidivism

Answer 20

Habitual relapse into crime

Question 21

Apathy

Answer 21

A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

Question 22

Truncate

Answer 22

Make shorter as if by cutting off; terminating abruptly

Question 23

Equivalent

Answer 23

Equal in amount or value

Question 24

Proximity

Answer 24

Nearness; close together

Question 25

Disparity

Answer 25

Inequality or difference in some respect

Question 26

Voucher

Answer 26

A negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed; a school voucher authorizes gov’t payment for private/other school tuiton