Vocab 12

Question 1

amity

Answer 1

peaceful relations; friendship

Question 2

animadversion

Answer 2

a critical or hostile comment

Question 3

antithetical

Answer 3

being in direct and outspoken opposition

Question 4

bellicose

Answer 4

inclined to quarrel; combative; warlike

Question 5

bucolic

Answer 5

of a relating to country life; rustic; pastoral

Question 6

craven

Answer 6

utterly lacking courage; willing to give up or capitulate

Question 7

exalt

Answer 7

to raise in rank, wealth, or honor; to praise highly; glorify

Question 8

impugn

Answer 8

to attack as false; to call into question

Question 9

introspective

Answer 9

inclined to look inward and examine one’s thoughts and feelings

Question 10

metier

Answer 10

work or activity for which one is particularly suited

Question 11

penurious

Answer 11

marked by extreme poverty; stingy; lacking generosity

Question 12

privation

Answer 12

an instance or condition of extreme hardship; a lack of comfort

Question 13

sobriquet

Answer 13

a nickname

Question 14

tantamount

Answer 14

equivalent to; the same as

Question 15

throes

Answer 15

conditions of painful or difficult change, struggle, or turmoil