VOCAB 4

Question 1

Allay

Answer 1

diminish or put at rest

Question 2

Capacious

Answer 2

having a lot of space inside; roomy.

Question 3

diurnal

Answer 3

daily

Question 4

extricate

Answer 4

free someone from a difficulty

Question 5

ignominious

Answer 5

deserving or causing public disgrace.

Question 6

mitigate

Answer 6

make less severe, serious, or painful.

Question 7

palpitate

Answer 7

heart beat rapidly; shake/tremble

Question 8

phlegmatic

Answer 8

person having an unemotional and calm disposition.

Question 9

propitious

Answer 9

giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.

Question 10

prostrate

Answer 10

laying face down

Question 11

acquiesce

Answer 11

accept something reluctantly but without protest.

Question 12

amity

Answer 12

friendly

Question 13

arduous

Answer 13

requiring strenuous effort; difficult

Question 14

gestalt

Answer 14

an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.

Question 15

inundate

Answer 15

overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with. flood.

Question 16

perjury

Answer 16

lying in court

Question 17

perspicuity

Answer 17

something that can be seen through

Question 18

preposterous

Answer 18

absurd

Question 19

trepidation

Answer 19

feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen.

Question 20

voluble

Answer 20

talking fluently, readily, or incessantly.