vocab 17

Question 1

Circumspect

Answer 1

Careful, hateful, attentive to all points

Question 2

zephyr

Answer 2

A gentle breeze, the West wind

Question 3

Renegade

Answer 3

One who does sense one side in favor of another, traitor, outlaw

Question 4

Retribution

Answer 4

Something just deserved, especially a punishment

Question 5

hurtle

Answer 5

To move or to fling swiftly and with great force

Question 6

scourge

Answer 6

A person or thing that causes great trouble or misfortune

Question 7

Caustic

Answer 7

biting, stingy, sharp or sarcastic

Question 8

taciturn

Answer 8

Not fond of talking, usually silent

Question 9

agnostic

Answer 9

One who believes that the existence of God can neither be proved nor disapproved

Question 10

terse

Answer 10

brief and to the point

Question 11

uncanny

Answer 11

Weird, strange; so keen or acute as to seem bizarre

Question 12

Exodus

Answer 12

A mass departure, or emigration

Question 13

penitent

Answer 13

Remorseful; sorry for having done wrong

Question 14

vindicate

Answer 14

To clear of suspicion or accusations

Question 15

Raillery

Answer 15

Good humored, ridicule, or teasing