Vocab

Question 1

Prestige

Answer 1

widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality, your status.

Question 2

Drudgery

Answer 2

Toil, hard menial work.

Question 3

Staunch

Answer 3

Steadfast, resolutely and dutifully unwavering and firm.

Question 4

Arid

Answer 4

Dry

Question 5

Moccasin

Answer 5

A soft leather like shoe.

Question 6

Sundial

Answer 6

an instrument showing the time by the shadow of a pointer cast by the sun on to a plate marked with the hours of the day.

Question 7

Abacus

Answer 7

Old Chinese thingy used for calculating. Old version of calculator.

Question 8

Herald

Answer 8

Something that announces the arrival of something else.

Question 9

Fickle

Answer 9

changing frequently, especially as regards one’s loyalties or affections.

Question 10

Fanatic

Answer 10

a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.

Question 11

Ardent

Answer 11

very enthusiastic or passionate.

Question 12

Nomad

Answer 12

a person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer.

Question 13

Renege

Answer 13

go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract.