vocab 3.1-3.3

Question 1

hiatus

Answer 1

a gap, opening break

Question 2

elusion

Answer 2

the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Question 3

eschew

Answer 3

to keep away from; to avoid; to shun

Question 4

prolix

Answer 4

long winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way

Question 5

mawkish

Answer 5

excessively and objectionable sentimental

Question 6

extol

Answer 6

to praise extravagantly

Question 7

arbiter

Answer 7

a judge who decides a disputed issue

Question 8

bric-a-brac

Answer 8

miscellaneous objects and ornaments of little value

Question 9

jeremiad

Answer 9

a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.

Question 10

didactic

Answer 10

intended to instruct

Question 11

baleful

Answer 11

expressing hatred or evil; harmful, ominous

Question 12

Arboreal

Answer 12

of or relating to trees

Question 13

cabal

Answer 13

a secret group of people working to overturn something

Question 14

buttress

Answer 14

a support or prop

Question 15

browbeat

Answer 15

to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully

Question 16

cadaverous

Answer 16

pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Question 17

choleric

Answer 17

bad tempered or irritable

Question 18

cajole

Answer 18

to persuade with false promises and flattery