vocab 4-5

Question 0

depravity

Answer 0

corruptness, wickedness; a perverse act.

Question 1

calamity

Answer 1

an event causing much damage or distress; a disaster.

Question 2

erudite

Answer 2

having or showing great knowledge; scholarly.

Question 3

esoteric

Answer 3

intended for or likely to be understood only by a small group of a select few with a specialized knowledge.

Question 4

exigent

Answer 4

pressing; demanding; urgent.

Question 5

palliate

Answer 5

to ease pain, guilt, or intensity; to make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe; moderate.

Question 6

plaintive

Answer 6

mourning; something sad.

Question 7

propinquity

Answer 7

the state of being close to something; nearness; close kinship.

Question 8

abase

Answer 8

to belittle or degrade (someone).

Question 9

ascend

Answer 9

to go upward; to rise.

Question 10

dearth

Answer 10

the scarcity or lack or something; not having enough.

Question 11

derision

Answer 11

ridicule or mockery

Question 12

foreboding

Answer 12

implying that something bad will happen; an ominous omen.

Question 13

fugitive

Answer 13

a person who is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest; one who is elusive.

Question 14

malefactor

Answer 14

person who commits a wrong; a criminal.

Question 15

peal

Answer 15

a loud ringing of a bell or bells.

Question 16

regimen

Answer 16

a prescribed course for something; the regular process or procedure of doing something.

Question 17

replete

Answer 17

completely filled; well-supplied with something.

Question 18

ethereal

Answer 18

extremely delicate, light, lacking material substance, too perfect for this world.

Question 19

evanescent

Answer 19

fleeting; soon passing; quickly disappearing.