Vocab 1

Question 1

Malicious

Answer 1

intentionally harmful, showing malice, spiteful

Question 2

disenfanchise

Answer 2

to deprive the right of citizenship

Question 3

piety

Answer 3

reverance for god/devout fulfillment of religious obligations

Question 4

supplicate

Answer 4

to pray humbly/petition

Question 5

perjury

Answer 5

willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation

Question 6

irreverent

Answer 6

deficient in veneration or respect

Question 7

exhort

Answer 7

to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings

Question 8

inordinate

Answer 8

not within proper or reasonable limits

Question 9

denigrate

Answer 9

to criticize in a derogatory manner

Question 10

revile

Answer 10

to speak abusively

Question 11

comely

Answer 11

pleasing in appearance; attractive

Question 12

haphazard

Answer 12

lack of order or planning

Question 13

hasten

Answer 13

to move or act with haste; swiftness, speed

Question 14

incarcerate

Answer 14

to imprison

Question 15

inquiry

Answer 15

request for truth, information or knowledge

Question 16

nullify

Answer 16

to deprive something of value or effectiveness

Question 17

upbraid

Answer 17

to find fault with or reproach severly

Question 18

congenial

Answer 18

agreeable, suitable, pleasing in nature

Question 19

deceit

Answer 19

concealment/distortion of the truth for purpose of misleading

Question 20

ingratiate

Answer 20

to establish in the favor or the good graces of someone especially by deliberate effort

Question 21

yonder

Answer 21

being “in that place” or “over there”

Question 22

wayfarer

Answer 22

traveler, especially on foot

Question 23

blight

Answer 23

any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, frustration

Question 24

expiation

Answer 24

means by which atonement or reparation is made

Question 25

sovereignty

Answer 25

authority, rightful status, independence

Question 26

sluggard

Answer 26

a person who is habitually inactive or lazy

Question 27

balk

Answer 27

to stop as at an obstacle and refuse to proceed or do something specified

Question 28

contrive

Answer 28

to plan with ingenuity, devise, invent

Question 29

augur

Answer 29

prophet

Question 30

quarrel

Answer 30

a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in relations

Question 31

calumny

Answer 31

a false/malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone/something

Question 32

malicious

Answer 32

intentionally harmful, showing malice, spiteful

Question 33

refute

Answer 33

to prove to be false as an opinion of charge

Question 34

affidavit

Answer 34

a written declaration written upon an oath by an authorized official

Question 35

deficient

Answer 35

lacking some element, insufficient

Question 36

interlocutor

Answer 36

a person who questions, an investigator

Question 37

oracular

Answer 37

giving forth decisions as if by special inspiration/authority

Question 38

vehement

Answer 38

strongly emotional, intense, compassionate

Question 39

frivolus

Answer 39

of little or no weight, worth, or importance

Question 40

insolence

Answer 40

rude/impertinent behavior or speech

Question 41

malicious

Answer 41

intentionally harmful, showing malice, spiteful

Question 42

refute

Answer 42

to prove to be false as an opinion of charge

Question 43

affidavit

Answer 43

a written declaration written upon an oath by an authorized official

Question 44

deficient

Answer 44

lacking some element, insufficient

Question 45

interlocutor

Answer 45

a person who questions, an investigator

Question 46

oracular

Answer 46

giving forth decisions as if by special inspiration/authority

Question 47

vehement

Answer 47

strongly emotional, intense, compassionate

Question 48

frivolus

Answer 48

of little or no weight, worth, or importance

Question 49

insolence

Answer 49

rude/impertinent behavior or speech