vocab 2

Question 1

a deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering

Answer 1

compassion

Question 2

an accommodation in which both sides make concessions

Answer 2

compromise

Question 3

characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance

Answer 3

condescending

Question 4

imposing or depending on or containing an assumption

Answer 4

conditional

Question 5

someone who follows established standards of conduct

Answer 5

conformist

Question 6

the act of assembling

Answer 6

congregation

Question 7

the act of coming closer

Answer 7

convergence

Question 8

harmful to living things

Answer 8

deleterious

Question 9

a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions

Answer 9

demagogue

Question 10

a message that departs from the main subject

Answer 10

digression

Question 11

quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness

Answer 11

diligent

Question 12

the state of being held in low esteem

Answer 12

discredit

Question 13

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

Answer 13

disdain

Question 14

tending to move apart in different directions

Answer 14

divergent

Question 15

understanding and entering into another’s feelings

Answer 15

empathy

Question 16

strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

Answer 16

emulate

Question 17

causing weakness or debilitation

Answer 17

enervating

Question 18

increase

Answer 18

enhance

Question 19

anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day

Answer 19

ephemeral

Question 20

short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear

Answer 20

evanescent