Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Augment

Answer 1

To make large or increase

Question 2

Bereft

Answer 2

Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

Question 3

Dehumanize

Answer 3

To deprive someone or something of human qualities

Question 4

Disparage

Answer 4

Express a negative opinion which often results in a diminished value

Question 5

Dour

Answer 5

Stern, Serious

Question 6

Encapsulate

Answer 6

Express the features of something; enclose something in or as if in a capsule

Question 7

Exploitation

Answer 7

To treat someone unfairly for benefit of their work

Question 8

Fortitude

Answer 8

Courage in facing difficulty

Question 9

Hierarchy

Answer 9

A system or organization where people or groups are ranked above the other based on status or authority; to describe someone in a certain way

Question 10

Insidious

Answer 10

Sly, treacherous; intended to deceive or trap

Question 11

Intimate

Answer 11

To hint at or give an indirect suggestion

Question 12

Opulent

Answer 12

Grant, wealthy, luxurious

Question 13

Ostensible

Answer 13

Facts that are apparent but not necessarily true

Question 14

Pliable

Answer 14

Flexible, easily bent/influenced

Question 15

Portray

Answer 15

Depict someone or something in a work of art/literature

Question 16

Proscribe

Answer 16

Command against

Question 17

Recede

Answer 17

Retreat, move back

Question 18

Reiterate

Answer 18

Repeat, say again

Question 19

Tentative

Answer 19

Hesitant, unsure, uncertain

Question 20

Vernacular

Answer 20

Everyday language, slang