Vocab 19

Question 1

A person who disagrees

Answer 1

Dissidents

Question 2

Central point

Answer 2

Crux

Question 3

Familiar

Answer 3

Conversant

Question 4

Noisy uproar and chaos

Answer 4

Bedlam

Question 5

To wither away

Answer 5

Atophy

Question 6

A collection

Answer 6

Anthology

Question 7

Covered with green plants

Answer 7

Verdant

Question 8

Fearful

Answer 8

Timorous

Question 9

To reproduce exactly

Answer 9

Replicate

Question 10

Underlying reason

Answer 10

Rational

Question 11

Having lustful desires or thoughts

Answer 11

Purient

Question 12

Flexible

Answer 12

Pliable

Question 13

To swing back and forth

Answer 13

Oscillate

Question 14

Extremely variant or diverse

Answer 14

Motley

Question 15

Recital or list

Answer 15

Litany

Question 16

After the robbery was committed, the police quickly apprehended the _______ and took him to jail

Answer 16

Perpetrator

Question 17

Though Aaron seems confident, fear and insecurity hover over him like _______ ready to haunt him

Answer 17

Phantasm

Question 18

The priest asked for our prayers and _______ for the sick and poor parish

Answer 18

Supplications

Question 19

In Amy’s family, there was _______ agreement on curfews; her parents agreed and she did not

Answer 19

Unilateral

Question 20

Under her _______ of sophistication and confidence, holly is actually shy, nervous hicks

Answer 20

Venner

Question 21

Thanks to the _______ of fashion, everyone is wearing cowboy hats, sandals, and bow ties

Answer 21

Vagaries

Question 22

The _______ of charges against the young man include vandalism, theft, battery, and slander

Answer 22

Litany

Question 23

Aston said the hot new novel was deliciously _______, but found many sex scenes to be immoral and in bad taste

Answer 23

Licentious

Question 24

Licking the ears of the people he met did not _______ Adam to his guest at the party

Answer 24

Ingratiate

Question 25

Kanye West and Amy Winehouse _______ the most Grammys during the awards show

Answer 25

Garnered

Question 26

After the presidential candidate was discovered to be a fan of Marilyn Manson there was a mass _______ of his supporters to other campaigns

Answer 26

Exodus

Question 27

The band played the song so poorly, it almost sounded like a _______

Answer 27

Dirge

Question 28

Why such a large number of people watch American idol is a _______ to music critics, who contend the songs on the show are among the worst ever created

Answer 28

Conundrum

Question 29

The poster at the store was a Renaissance painting of both _______ and angels

Answer 29

Cherubs

Question 30

Miriam wanted to be popular, but she never managed to penetrate the _______ of cheerleaders, athletes, and student council members who controlled the schools social system

Answer 30

Cabal

Question 31

The bandits had a _______ of weapons near their hideout in the mountains

Answer 31

Cache

Question 32

At the press conference, the spokesperson endured a _______ of questions from the reporters about the war

Answer 32

Barrage

Question 33

Still in shock from the raiders winning a game, Mr Ferrero was practically has _______ while trying to describe his elation

Answer 33

Aphasia

Question 34

Doreen's figure has passes the point of being _______ and reached the point of being fat

Answer 34

Voluptuous

Question 35

Because they had such strict parents, Greg and Mary continually had to arrange _______, usually by sneaking out late at night on the weekends

Answer 35

Trysts

Question 36

Shirley lay _______ on her desk chair, soaking up the sun

Answer 36

Supine

Question 37

The VIP suspended the students because they had sneaked through the halls, toilet papered the school grounds, and other _______ stunts

Answer 37

Sophomoric

Question 38

Shelia's parents are quite _______; they won't let her stay out past 7:30 and they won't let her speak to any boy

Answer 38

Puritanical

Question 39

Dr Seuss was the _______ of Theodore Geisel

Answer 39

Pseudonym

Question 40

The crazy scientist began to _______ the theory that trees grow because invisible giants pull them out of the ground

Answer 40

Propound

Question 41

According to Buddhists, you reach _______ once you have purged your soul of hatred, passion, and self delusion; however, some people claim they reach this state just by listening to great music

Answer 41

Nirvana

Question 42

Although bombs dropped all around it, the tiny church remained _______ throughout the entire war

Answer 42

Inviolate

Question 43

When she was around her parents, Nancy put on the _______ of the sweetest christian girl; around her friends however, show was known as a hard drinking sexually experienced woman

Answer 43

Facade

Question 44

Mary Ellen _______ husband had bern making unkind comments about every since they separated

Answer 44

Estranged

Question 45

The first _______ use of the bottle opener was in 1892

Answer 45

Documented