Vocab 06 Definitions

Question 1

Apprehend

Answer 1

• To seize; to arrest

- to grasp the meaning of; to understand

Question 2

Arraign

Answer 2

To bring before a court to face charges

Question 3

Assimilate

Answer 3

• To absorb into a population

- to take in a part and absorb into the whole

Question 4

Bizarre

Answer 4

Strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar

Question 5

Calamity

Answer 5

And event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster

Question 6

Conspire

Answer 6

• to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal

- to join or act together

Question 7

Dissension

Answer 7

A difference of opinion; disagreement

Question 8

Elapse

Answer 8

To pass or slip by (used with time)

Question 9

Imminent

Answer 9

About to happen; likely to occur in the very near future

Question 10

Interrogate

Answer 10

To ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner

Question 11

Lionize

Answer 11

To treat as a celebrity

Question 12

Meticulous

Answer 12

Extremely careful; attentive to small detail

Question 13

Shackle

Answer 13

-A ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement-something that prevents free action-to prevent freedom of action

Question 14

Swelter

Answer 14

To suffer from Ord to be overcome by great heat

Question 15

Anarchy

Answer 15

• total absence of government

- lack of order; total confusion