Vocab 17

Question 1

accede

Answer 1

to consent to something

Question 2

accord

Answer 2

agreement; a state of harmony

Question 3

admonish

Answer 3

to rebuke, to scold gently

Question 4

adversity

Answer 4

trouble, suffering

Question 5

aspersion

Answer 5

criticism

Question 6

carp

Answer 6

to keep complaining about something

Question 7

contrite

Answer 7

genuinely apologetic

Question 8

covenant

Answer 8

a binding promise or contract

Question 9

culpable

Answer 9

at fault

Question 10

exasperated

Answer 10

fed up and angry

Question 11

expiate

Answer 11

to make amends

Question 12

extricate

Answer 12

to disentangle oneself from a sticky situation

Question 13

forbearance

Answer 13

self-control

Question 14

fortitude

Answer 14

strength, stamina

Question 15

fraternal

Answer 15

relating to brothers

Question 16

intuitive

Answer 16

known instinctively

Question 17

malediction

Answer 17

a curse

Question 18

obstinate

Answer 18

stubborn

Question 19

placate

Answer 19

to please someone in order to make someone less angry

Question 20

pugnacious

Answer 20

aggressive

Question 21

quandary

Answer 21

a puzzling situation

Question 22

rationale

Answer 22

line of reasoning

Question 23

rescind

Answer 23

to take back something (like a promise or an argument)

Question 24

tentative

Answer 24

not definite; likely to change before it is final

Question 25

vindicate

Answer 25

to show that someone was justified and correct