Q2 Study Guide

Question 1

Accost

Answer 1

approach and speak to a person; boldly or aggressively

Question 2

Chafe

Answer 2

warm by rubbing; make sore (by rubbing); to wear away or irritate by rubbing; to annoy, vex; to warm by rubbing, as with hands

Question 3

Cogitate

Answer 3

think over; to take careful thought or think carefully about; ponder

Question 4

Concede

Answer 4

admit; yield; to acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit; to yield or grant (a privilege or a right)

Question 5

Deprecate

Answer 5

express disapproval of; protest against; belittle; to press disapproval of; deplore. To belittle, depreciate

Question 6

Despoil

Answer 6

plunder; to sack, plunder; to deprive of something valuable by force; rob

Question 7

Disconcert

Answer 7

confuse; upset; embarrass; to upset the self-possession of; ruffle. To frustrate by throwing into disorder; disarrange. to confuse the faculties of, to disturb the composure of

Question 8

Embellish

Answer 8

adorn; ornament (to decorate) ; To make beautiful as by ornamentation; decorate. To add ornaments or fictitious details to - as adding false facts to a true story

Question 9

Evince

Answer 9

show clearly

Question 10

Feign

Answer 10

pretend; to give false appearance of

Question 11

Expedite

Answer 11

hasten; to speed up the process of; to execute the process quickly

Question 12

heed

Answer 12

pay attention to; consider

Question 13

Glower

Answer 13

scowl; to look or stare at angrily or sullenly

Question 14

lament

Answer 14

grieve; express sorrow; to express grief for or about

Question 15

supplicate

Answer 15

petition humbly;pray to grant a favorite ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying. to make a humbly entreaty to