Reading 8 List 2

Question 1

Allege

Answer 1

To report or maintain

Question 2

Appraise

Answer 2

Place value on, judge the worth of something, consider comprehensively

Question 3

Cacophony

Answer 3

Loud, confusing, disagreeable sounds

Question 4

Decry

Answer 4

To express strong disapproval of

Question 5

Devious

Answer 5

Misleading, characterized by insincerity or deceit

Question 6

Dispersive

Answer 6

Spreading

Question 7

Elicit

Answer 7

To derive by reason, call forth, to deduce or construe

Question 8

Eschew

Answer 8

To avoid stay clear of

Question 9

Fabricate

Answer 9

To make up something artificial or untrue, out together components

Question 10

Forebear

Answer 10

A person from whom you are descended

Question 11

Imposter

Answer 11

A deceiving person

Question 12

Ineluctable

Answer 12

Impossible to avoid

Question 13

Largess

Answer 13

Gift or money given, generous of spirit, given ostentatiously

Question 14

Maudlin

Answer 14

Insignificant, so small it is meaningless

Question 15

Oblivion

Answer 15

Forgotten

Question 16

Opulent

Answer 16

Rich and superior in quality

Question 17

Pallid

Answer 17

Abnormally dull or dim, lacking vitality

Question 18

Pedagogy

Answer 18

Instructing, educating, imparting knowledge

Question 19

Persist

Answer 19

Refuse to stop, to be persistent, continue to exist

Question 20

Pithy

Answer 20

Concise and full of meaning

Question 21

Precedent

Answer 21

Preceding in time, order, or significance

Question 22

Prevaricator

Answer 22

A person who lies and lies repeatedly

Question 23

Propensity

Answer 23

Natural inclination

Question 24

Pugnacious

Answer 24

Ready to resort to violence, tough, callous, hostile

Question 25

Refute

Answer 25

To overthrow by argument, prove to be false or incorrect

Question 26

Reprobate

Answer 26

Immoral, deviating from what is considered proper or good, a person without moral, to reject as invalid, abandon, strongly dissaprove of

Question 27

Retrenchment

Answer 27

Spending less money, reducing expenses, cutting off

Question 28

Sagacity

Answer 28

Ability to discriminate, distinguish, and evaluate

Question 29

Skimpy

Answer 29

Containing little excess

Question 30

Spelunk

Answer 30

Explore natural caves

Question 31

Surreptitious

Answer 31

Quietly, cautiously, trying to avoid being noticed or observed

Question 32

Tenable

Answer 32

Based on reasoning or evidence

Question 33

Tribulation

Answer 33

Annoying or frustrating catastrophic event

Question 34

Usurp

Answer 34

To seize control

Question 35

Vicarious

Answer 35

Suffered for instead of someone else

Question 36

Wanting

Answer 36

Inadequate in amount or degree, not existing

Question 37

Abrasive

Answer 37

Causing conflict, disagreeing, rigorous, a substance that wears down