Vocab 15

Question 1

abase

Answer 1

to degrade someone; to make someone feel horrible and small

Question 2

abhor

Answer 2

to hate

Question 3

accost

Answer 3

to aggressively stop someone in order to speak to him or her

Question 4

aggrieved

Answer 4

bothered because of having been treated badly

Question 5

bludgeon

Answer 5

to hit hard with a blunt object

Question 6

buffet

Answer 6

to hit something hard and repeatedly

Question 7

carnage

Answer 7

widespread killing and slaughter

Question 8

chagrin

Answer 8

feeling of frustration or shame due to disappointment

Question 9

debacle

Answer 9

when something goes horribly wrong

Question 10

derision

Answer 10

scorn, ridicule

Question 11

desiccated

Answer 11

dried out

Question 12

despondent

Answer 12

completely unhappy

Question 13

discomfiture

Answer 13

confusion and embarrassment

Question 14

disseminate

Answer 14

to spread (usually referring to information)

Question 15

ephemeral

Answer 15

short-lived

Question 16

fathom

Answer 16

to understand something, particularly something complex or mystical

Question 17

inconsolable

Answer 17

so deeply sad that you can’t be comforted

Question 18

mortification

Answer 18

total humiliation

Question 19

perdition

Answer 19

complete ruin

Question 20

raze

Answer 20

to bring a structure down to the ground

Question 21

reciprocate

Answer 21

to return, to respond in kind

Question 22

renounce

Answer 22

to formally give up something

Question 23

slight

Answer 23

to insult someone, especially in away that involves ignoring or overlooking the person

Question 24

stigma

Answer 24

a bad mark on someone’s reputation

Question 25

tribulation

Answer 25

a great difficulty