Vocab 2

Question 0

Slander

Answer 0

The utterance in presence of another person of a false statement
You have the right to free speech but not to slander

Question 1

Exploit

Answer 1

To make unethical use for ones own advantage

His coworker exploited him so he would get the raise

Question 2

Succumb

Answer 2

To give way

I succumbed to their culture

Question 3

Truncate

Answer 3

To cut short

The message was truncated

Question 4

Reticent

Answer 4

Habitually silent

The reticent student did not open her moth during the discussion

Question 5

Surfeit

Answer 5

Surplus

There was a surfeit of bread at the restaurant

Question 6

Cynicism

Answer 6

Distrust of human nature

The guy who held the door open for the girl made her less cynical

Question 7

Dupe

Answer 7

To easily trick or fool

The man duped the kid into his car by offering candy

Question 8

Miser

Answer 8

Greedy stingy person who hoards money for their own sake

The wolf of Wall Street is a known miser

Question 9

Deliberate

Answer 9

To carefully think out and form

The jury deliberated for a couple hours before giving the verdict

Question 10

Conventional

Answer 10

Customary

You can change any conventional recipe using butter, with margine

Question 11

Detrimental

Answer 11

Causing trouble or harm

The student was detrimental

Question 12

Implausible

Answer 12

Not seemingly true

Her excuse for the bruise was implausible

Question 13

Mar

Answer 13

Detract from the perfection of something

I marred the white shirt when I spilled the mustard

Question 14

Mitigate

Answer 14

To make less severe

The doctor gave me medicine to mitigate the pain