Voc 10A

Question 1

apocryphal

Answer 1

besiege

Question 2

changeable

Answer 2

development

Question 3

dining

Answer 3

environment

Question 4

license

Answer 4

mineralogy

Question 5

ninety

Answer 5

ninth

Question 6

preferred

Answer 6

prejudice

Question 7

resuscitate

Answer 7

separation

Question 8

writing

Question 9

intolerant of denial or opposition; insisting on immediate response to commands

Answer 9

peremptory

Question 10

offensively self-assured in opinion, assertion, or manner

Answer 10

peremptory

Question 11

lasting or continuing throughout the year or years; lasting through a long, indefinite time

Answer 11

perennial

Question 12

responsible for committing an act

Answer 12

perpetrate

Question 13

to read thoroughly or attentively; to examine thoroughly

Answer 13

peruse

Question 14

a written statement summoning a person to give testimony in court

to serve with summons

Answer 14

subpoena

Question 15

any tactic to which one resorts to avoid an issue, escape a consequence, etc.

Answer 15

subterfuge

Question 16

keen perception of fine distinctions; a fine distinction

Answer 16

subtlety

Question 17

skillfulness as deceiving others

Answer 17

subtlety

Question 18

more than enough; unnecessary

Answer 18

superfluous

Question 19

a watch kept over a person, especially over a suspect or a prisoner

Answer 19

surveillance

Question 20

surpassing others of the same kind; going beyond ordinary limits

Answer 20

transcendent

Question 21

to secure by impaling

to make motionless as with fascination or terror

Answer 21

transfix

Question 22

passing away quickly; not permanent; staying for a short time

Answer 22

transient