TBT Part 4 Vocab

Question 1

Beleaguer

Answer 1

Surround ; Trouble; Harass

Question 2

Bemused

Answer 2

Bewildered or confused

Question 3

Capitulate

Answer 3

To surrender; give up resistance

Question 4

Caustic

Answer 4

Capable of burning; severely critical or sarcastic

Question 5

Dubious

Answer 5

Doubtful

Question 6

Emaciated

Answer 6

Abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition

Question 7

Emulate

Answer 7

To try to equal or excel ; to imitate

Question 8

Girth

Answer 8

The measure around anything; circumference

Question 9

Grotesquerie

Answer 9

Of grotesque character

Question 10

Immutable

Answer 10

Unchangeable

Question 11

Inaugural

Answer 11

An address; to make a formal beginning of

Question 12

Iridescent

Answer 12

Displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow

Question 13

Ludicrous

Answer 13

Causing laughter because of absurdity; ridiculous

Question 14

Morose

Answer 14

Gloomily or sullenly

Question 15

Mortifying

Answer 15

To humiliate or shame, as by injury to one’s pride or self-respect

Question 16

Ostracism

Answer 16

Exclusion, by general consent

Question 17

Notorious

Answer 17

Widely and unfavorably known

Question 18

Placidity

Answer 18

Pleasantly calm or peaceful

Question 19

Prudently

Answer 19

Wis or judicious in practical affairs

Question 20

Quelled

Answer 20

To suppress; put and end to

Question 21

Sadistic

Answer 21

Pertaining to or characterized by sadism

Question 22

Tirade

Answer 22

A prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation

Question 23

Trounced

Answer 23

To beat severely; thrash; punish