Test #7

Question 1

enact

Answer 1

make (a bill or other proposal) law; act out

Question 2

consolidate

Answer 2

make (something) physically stronger or more solid; combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole

Question 3

copious

Answer 3

abundant in supply or quantity

Question 4

amass

Answer 4

gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of valuable material or things) over a period of time

Question 5

excise

Answer 5

a tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities`

Question 6

disillusioned

Answer 6

disappointed in someone or something that one discovers to be less good than one had believed

Question 7

concordance

Answer 7

an alphabetical list of the words; agreement

Question 8

distillation

Answer 8

the extraction of the essential meaning or most important aspects of something

Question 9

amalgamation

Answer 9

the action, process, or result of combining or uniting

Question 10

aberration

Answer 10

a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome

Question 11

contend

Answer 11

struggle to surmount (a difficulty or danger); assert something as a position in an argument

Question 12

denounce

Answer 12

publicly declare to be wrong or evil

Question 13

finagle

Answer 13

obtain (something) by devious or dishonest means

Question 14

winnow

Answer 14

blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff; separate good from bad

Question 15

spurn

Answer 15

reject with disdain or contempt