Vocab

Question 1

Pretense

Answer 1

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true

Question 2

indifference

Answer 2

Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy

Question 3

anguish

Answer 3

severe mental or physically pain or suffering

Question 4

sullen

Answer 4

bad-tempered and sulky; GLOOMY

Question 5

obtuse

Answer 5

Slow to understand

Question 6

graft

Answer 6

Practices, especially bribery, used to secure illicit gains in politics or business; CORRUPTION

Question 7

permeate

Answer 7

spreads through (something); PREVADE

Question 8

vengeance

Answer 8

punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense: RETRIBUTION

Question 9

predisposition

Answer 9

A liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way

Question 10

incredulous

Answer 10

Unwilling or unable to believe something

Question 11

monetary

Answer 11

Relating to money or currency

Question 12

plunder

Answer 12

steal goods from, typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder

Question 13

martyr

Answer 13

A person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle

Question 14

constellation

Answer 14

A configuration of stars; an assemblage, collection, or group of usualy related persons, qualities, or things

Question 15

flippant

Answer 15

Lacking proper respect or seriousness

Question 16

veritable

Answer 16

It is often used to emphasize that something is not just believed to be true, but is actually true

Question 17

dubious

Answer 17

Not to be relied upon; SUSPECT

Question 18

debacle

Answer 18

A sudden and disgraceful failure

Question 19

tractable

Answer 19

Easy to control or influence

Question 20

intone

Answer 20

Say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice