Pay it Forward Vocabulary

Question 1

showing a desire to help people.

Answer 1

Altruism

Question 2

the act of giving up something that you want to keep.

Answer 2

Sacrifice

Question 3

attention that is given to someone or something be newspapers, magazines, TV programs, etc.

Answer 3

Publicity

Question 4

to gather together.

Answer 4

Muster

Question 5

very strange or ugly in a way that isn’t normal or natural.

Answer 5

Grotesque

Question 6

to walk slowly without effort.

Answer 6

Saunter

Question 7

a wrinkle in the skin of a person’s face.

Answer 7

Furrow

Question 8

a natural desire that makes you want to act a certain way.

Answer 8

Instinct

Question 9

to lower your body.

Answer 9

Hunkered

Question 10

to begin or start.

Answer 10

Commence

Question 11

an opposite or different fact, event, or situation.

Answer 11

Contrary

Question 12

a pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive.

Answer 12

Euphemism

Question 13

to confuse someone very much.

Answer 13

Bewilder

Question 14

wanting to have what someone else has.

Answer 14

Envy

Question 15

to ruin the surface of something.

Answer 15

Defaced

Question 16

refusing to think about or consider something or someone.

Answer 16

Dismissive

Question 17

very careful about doing something.

Answer 17

Scrupulously

Question 18

having or showing personal qualities that people admire.

Answer 18

Noble

Question 19

to make (yourself) neat and tidy.

Answer 19

Preen

Question 20

to keep someone or something away for a short time.

Answer 20

Stave

Question 21

to continue to do something.

Answer 21

Proceed

Question 22

exactly right.

Answer 22

Ideal

Question 23

a sudden understanding.

Answer 23

Revelation

Question 24

to keep (something) out or away.

Answer 24

Repel

Question 25

becoming angry and annoyed when you do not get what you want.

Answer 25

Petulant

Question 26

very strong or forceful.

Answer 26

Brute

Question 27

not having complete trust in someone or something.

Answer 27

Warily

Question 28

showing no emotion.

Answer 28

Stony

Question 29

stiff.

Answer 29

Bristly

Question 30

graceful and elegant.

Answer 30

Poise

Question 31

a final threat or promise.

Answer 31

Ultimatum

Question 32

simple or plain.

Answer 32

Chaste

Question 33

to echo.

Answer 33

Reverberate

Question 34

the spreading of a harmful idea or practice.

Answer 34

Contagion

Question 35

overused.

Answer 35

Trite

Question 36

showing a desire to help people.

Answer 36

Altruistic

Question 37

physical or emotional shock.

Answer 37

Jarring

Question 38

a person who has the legal right to receive the property of someone who dies.

Answer 38

Heir

Question 39

the back of a person's neck.

Answer 39

Nape

Question 40

conflicting.

Answer 40

Warring

Question 41

starting, stopping, and starting again; not constant.

Answer 41

Intermittent

Question 42

easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally.

Answer 42

Vulnerable

Question 43

very sad and disappointed.

Answer 43

Crestfallen

Question 44

a fast speech.

Answer 44

Spiel

Question 45

very strange or unusual.

Answer 45

Surreal

Question 46

to shout in a deep voice.

Answer 46

Bellow

Question 47

to shine in small bright flashes.

Answer 47

Glint

Question 48

a person who helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal.

Answer 48

Accomplice

Question 49

when a person or group gathers to wait and pray.

Answer 49

Vigil

Question 50

the area around or near a particular place.

Answer 50

Vicinity