Vocab 5

Question 1

acquiesce

Answer 1

to give in, to comply

Question 2

affinity

Answer 2

a likeness, natural relationship

Question 3

blasphemous

Answer 3

profane

Question 4

buttress

Answer 4

a support/prop

Question 5

circumspect

Answer 5

careful to consider consequences, cautious

Question 6

corroboration

Answer 6

confirmation

Question 7

deplete

Answer 7

to use up gradually, to lessen in amount of value

Question 8

despotic

Answer 8

ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical

Question 9

emaciated

Answer 9

very thin (starvation), wasting away

Question 10

empirical

Answer 10

based on observation or experiment, not theory

Question 11

extraneous

Answer 11

not essential or vital

Question 12

fallow

Answer 12

inactive, plowed but not sowed

Question 13

homogeneous

Answer 13

of the same kind

Question 14

hyperbole

Answer 14

obvious exaggeration

Question 15

incontrovertible

Answer 15

indisputable

Question 16

irascible

Answer 16

irritable, easily angered, cranky

Question 17

laconic

Answer 17

using a minimum of words

Question 18

maganimity

Answer 18

generous and courageous spirit

Question 19

obsequious

Answer 19

overly attentive

Question 20

proliferation

Answer 20

increase in number

Question 21

scrupulous

Answer 21

very careful

Question 22

sublime

Answer 22

noble, uplifting

Question 23

surreptitious

Answer 23

secret, stealthy

Question 24

veracity

Answer 24

devotion to the truth

Question 25

zeal

Answer 25

enthusiasm