Vocab #11 Requests & Demands and Sizes & Amounts

Question 1

Beseech

Answer 1

Verb

To request earnestly; to implore or beg

Question 2

Cajole

Answer 2

Verb

To urge with gentle, repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; to wheedle

Question 3

Elicit

Answer 3

Verb

To bring forth or call forth

Question 4

Enjoin

Answer 4

Verb
To direct or order with authority
To prohibit or forbid

Question 5

Exigency

Answer 5

Noun
The state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action
An urgent crisis or situation

Question 6

Imperious

Answer 6

Adjective

Arrogantly bossy; domineering; overbearing

Question 7

Injunction

Answer 7

Noun

A command, a directive, or an order

Question 8

Mendicant

Answer 8

Adjective
Dependent on begging for a living
Noun
A begger

Question 9

Query

Answer 9

Noun
A question; an inquiry
Verb
To question, often with doubt

Question 10

Servile

Answer 10

Adjective
Slavish; behaving like a servant; excessively submissive
Like that of a slave or servant

Question 11

Abound

Answer 11

Verb

To be great in number or amount

Question 12

Amplitude

Answer 12

Noun

Greatness of size or range; mangitude

Question 13

Augment

Answer 13

Verb

To add to; to increase the size, extent, or quantity of

Question 14

Behemoth

Answer 14

Noun

Something enormous in size or power

Question 15

Brevity

Answer 15

Noun
The quality of being short in duration; briefness
Brief or concise expression; terseness

Question 16

Diminish

Answer 16

Verb
To make or become smaller or less
To lessen the authority, reputation, prestige of

Question 17

Infinitesimal

Answer 17

Adjective

Too small to measure or calculate

Question 18

Modicum

Answer 18

Noun

A small or token amount

Question 19

Prodigious

Answer 19

Adjective
Impressively great in size, force, or extent
Extraordinary; marvelous

Question 20

Quotidian

Answer 20

Adjective

Everyday; commonplace