Vocab 10

Question 1

Quiescence (noun)

Answer 1

Stillness; motionless; quality of being a rest ( adj; quiescent )

Question 2

Redoubtable ( adj,)

Answer 2

Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

Question 3

Sanction ( noun / verb )

Answer 3

Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance.; to give permission or authority.

Question 4

Satire (Noun )

Answer 4

A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision ( adj; satirical )

Question 5

Squalid

Answer 5

Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect (noun; squalor. )

Question 6

Stoic (adj)

Answer 6

Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast (nour stoicism )

Question 7

Supplant ( ( verb )

Answer 7

To take the place of; to supersede

Question 8

Torpid (adj)

Answer 8

Lethargic;sluggish;dormant (noun: torpor )

Question 9

Ubiquitous ( adj )

Answer 9

Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread

Question 10

Urbane (adj)

Answer 10

Sophisticated; refined; elegant (nown _ urbanity,)

Question 11

Vilify ( verb )

Answer 11

To defame, ; to charecterize harshly

Question 12

Viscous (adj)

Answer 12

Thick; sticky ( down _ viscosity )