Quarter 3 Vocab

Question 1

Exalt (v)

Answer 1

To raise in rank, character, or status; to elevate

Question 2

Exhort (v)

Answer 2

To urge by strong, often stirring argument, advice, or appeal

Question 3

Garrulous (adj)

Answer 3

Given to excessive and often trivial talk

Question 4

Gist (n)

Answer 4

The central idea; the essence

Question 5

Histrionic (adj)

Answer 5

Excessively dramatic or emotional; affected

Question 6

Laconic (adj)

Answer 6

Marked by the use of few words; terse or concise

Question 7

Peremptory (adj)

Answer 7

Putting an end to all debate or action; not allowing contradiction or refusal

Question 8

Vivacious (adj)

Answer 8

Full of animation and spirit; lively

Question 9

Vociferous (adj)

Answer 9

Marked by noisy, forceful, or intense outcries

Question 10

Atrophy (v)

Answer 10

To waste away; to whither or deteriorate

Question 11

Debilitate (v)

Answer 11

To sap the strength or the energy of; to weaken

Question 12

Livid (adj)

Answer 12

Discolored as from a bruise; black-and-blue

Question 13

Moribund (adj)

Answer 13

About to die

Question 14

Noxious (adj)

Answer 14

Poisonous or harmful to living things; injurious to health

Question 15

Pestilence (n)

Answer 15

A usually fatal disease

Question 16

Polemic (adj)

Answer 16

Relating to a controversy or argument

Question 17

Prostrate (v)

Answer 17

To reduce to extreme weakness

To lie flat or at full length

Question 18

Salubrious (adj)

Answer 18

Conducive of or favorable to health or well-being

Question 19

Scourge (v)

Answer 19

To afflict with severe suffering; to ravage

Question 20

Unscathed (adj)

Answer 20

Not harmed; uninjured