sat 13

Question 1

cajole

Answer 1

to gradually persuade someone to do something by being nice to them or making promises to them

Question 2

coerce

Answer 2

to force someone to do something they do not want to do by threatening them

Question 3

deplete

Answer 3

to reduce the amount of something that is available

Question 4

detrimental

Answer 4

causing harm or damage

Question 5

spordiac

Answer 5

happening often but not regularly or continuously

Question 6

carp

Answer 6

1. a large fish that lives in lakes and rivers

2. to complain about something or critisize someone all the time

Question 7

advocate

Answer 7

to publicly support a particular way of doing things

Question 8

alienate

Answer 8

to make someone feel that they do not belong in a particular group

Question 9

compatible

Answer 9

1. able to exist or be used together without causing problems
2. two people who are able to have a good relationship

Question 10

susceptible

Answer 10

easily influenced or affected by something

Question 11

blatant

Answer 11

used to describe something that is bad that is happening when it is so easy to notice that is shocks and surprises you

Question 12

capricious

Answer 12

1. done in a way that does not always seem reasonable

2. likely to change your opinion suddenly or do things for no particular reason

Question 13

devious

Answer 13

1. using tricks or lies to get what you want

2. not going in the most direct way to get to a place

Question 14

extraneous

Answer 14

1. not important, or not directly coming related to a particular subject or problem
2. coming from outside

Question 15

facilitate

Answer 15

to make it easier for a process or activity to happen

Question 16

resign

Answer 16

1. to officially and permanently leave your job or position because you want to do so
2. to make yourself accept something that you do not like but that cannot be changed

Question 17

resignation

Answer 17

1. the act of resigning

2. the act of of calmy accepting a bad situation that cannot be changed

Question 18

resigned

Answer 18

(its not that hard.)

Question 19

exhaust

Answer 19

1. to make someone very tired
2. use all of something
3. to talk about something so much that you have nothing to say about it anymore

Question 20

enervated

Answer 20

having lost energy and feeling weak

Question 21

bolster

Answer 21

1. to improve somthing by making it stronger or bigger

2. to boost someone to feel better and more positive

Question 22

belittle

Answer 22

to make someone or something seem small and unimportant

Question 23

denounce

Answer 23

1. to publicly express disapproval of someone or something

2. to give info to the police or another authority about someone’s illegal political activites

Question 24

flagrant

Answer 24

an action that is shocking because it is done in a way that is easily noticed and shows no respect for laws, truth, and someone’s feelings

Question 25

arbitrary

Answer 25

decided or arranged without any reason or plan, often unfairly; subject to individual will or judgement without restriction; having unlimited power, capricious, unreasonable

Question 26

desultory

Answer 26

done without any particular plan or purpose; lacking consistency or visible order, disconnected; digressing from or unconnected to the main subject