Spring Vocab 1

Question 1

Affected

Answer 1

Influenced

Question 2

Ascribe

Answer 2

To attribute something to a cause

Question 3

Assimilate

Answer 3

Take in and understand fully

To integrate into a society or culture

Question 4

Augment

Answer 4

Make something greater by adding to it

Question 5

Cosmopolitan

Answer 5

Including or containing people from many different countries

Familiar with many different countries and cultures

Question 6

Orthodox

Answer 6

Conforming to what is traditionally accepted as right and true

Question 7

Ostracize

Answer 7

To exclude someone from a group

Question 8

Requisite

Answer 8

Made necessary by certain circumstances or rules

Question 9

Rudiments

Answer 9

The first principle of a subject

Question 10

Sever

Answer 10

Divide by slicing

To end or break off a relationship

Question 11

Sinuous

Answer 11

Having many curves or turns

Question 12

Somber

Answer 12

Dark or dull in color or tone

Solemn or sober in mood

Question 13

Subsequent

Answer 13

Coming after something

Question 14

Supercilious

Answer 14

Acting superior to others

Question 15

Vernacular

Answer 15

Terminology used by people belonging to a specified group