Spelling Week 8 - 10-27-22

Question 1

assuaged

Answer 1

make an unpleasant feeling less intense

Question 2

condescend

Answer 2

show feelings of superiority; be patronizing

Question 3

domicile

Answer 3

the country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with

Question 4

eccentric

Answer 4

unconventional and slightly strange

Question 5

flivver

Answer 5

a cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition

Question 6

foray

Answer 6

a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid

Question 7

geosynchronus

Answer 7

having a period of rotation synchronous with that of the earth’s rotation.

Question 8

illicit

Answer 8

forbidden by law, rules, or custom

Question 9

indigenous

Answer 9

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native

Question 10

inferred

Answer 10

deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning

Question 11

persuades

Answer 11

cause (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument

Question 12

piety

Answer 12

the quality of being religious or reverent

Question 13

predilection

Answer 13

a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something

Question 14

repertoire

Answer 14

a stock of skills or types of behavior

Question 15

tyrannical

Answer 15

exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way