Unit 9 Vocabulary

Question 0

Awry

Answer 0

in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

Question 1

apt

Answer 1

suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

Question 2

Bludgeon

Answer 2

a short club used as a weapon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point

Question 3

Capitulate

Answer 3

to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel

Question 4

Chafe

Answer 4

to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; (n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing

Question 5

Defile

Answer 5

to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v., intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n.) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon