Unit 11 Vocabulary

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

-Verb: To repeal, cancel, declare null and void

Question 2

Ambient

Answer 2

-Adjective: Completely surrounding, encompassing

Question 3

Asperity

Answer 3

-Noun: roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness

Question 4

Burnish

Answer 4

• Verb: To make smooth or glossy by rubbing, Polish

- Noun: Gloss, brightness, luster

Question 5

Cabal

Answer 5

-Noun: a small group working in secret

Question 6

Delectable

Answer 6

• Adjective: Delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory
• Noun: An appealing or appetizing food or dish

Question 7

Deprecate

Answer 7

-Verb: to express mild disapproval; to belittle

Question 8

Detritus

Answer 8

• Noun: loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away
• fragments that result from any destruction

Question 9

Ebullient

Answer 9

-Adjective: Overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling

Question 10

Eclectic

Answer 10

Adjective: Drawn from different sources
Noun: One whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

Question 11

Flaccid

Answer 11

-Adj: Limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness

Question 12

Impecunious

Answer 12

-Adj: Having little or no money

Question 13

Inexorable

Answer 13

-Adj: inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding

Question 14

Moribund

Answer 14

-Adj: dying, on the way out

Question 15

Necromancer

Answer 15

-N: one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard

Question 16

Onerous

Answer 16

-Adj: burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

Question 17

Rife

Answer 17

• Adj: common, prevalent, widespread, happening often
• full, abounding
• Plentiful, abundant, replete

Question 18

Rudiments

Answer 18

-Noun plural: the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything

Question 19

Sequester

Answer 19

-Verb: to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody

Question 20

Winnow

Answer 20

-V: to get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan