Vocab 2 Sem 2

Question 1

A short personal story

Answer 1

Anecdote

Question 2

A sense of closeness, friendship, unity, and trust within a group

Answer 2

Camaraderie

Question 3

A lack or deficiency

Answer 3

Dearth

Question 4

A failure, disaster or defeat often associated with humiliation

Answer 4

Debacle

Question 5

Verbal repression that is effective and well styled

Answer 5

Eloquent

Question 6

To explain clearly

Answer 6

Elucidate

Question 7

To wear down to threads literally or metaphorically

Answer 7

Fray

Question 8

Anything that causes extreme worry or distress, typically an obsession or nightmare

Answer 8

Incubus

Question 9

Rude shocking or socially unacceptable

Answer 9

Indecorous

Question 10

On or near the shore may specifically refer to the region between the high and low tide marks

Answer 10

Littoral

Question 11

The event, activities, form, or order of a public religious ceremony or worship event

Answer 11

Liturgy

Question 12

To make obscure or confusing

Answer 12

Obfuscate

Question 13

To suggest an argument of theory; to make a claim often based on an assumption and relatively esoteric

Answer 13

Postulate

Question 14

Concerned or devoted to practical results more than theories and principals

Answer 14

Pragmatic

Question 15

A brief interval of rest of delay

Answer 15

Respite

Question 16

A written legal order requiring the appearance of a person or the submission of evidence to some authority

Answer 16

Subpoena

Question 17

A decorative band on a wall or often near the ceiling

Answer 17

Frieze