Vocab 5 & 6

Question 1

proscribe

Answer 1

to denounce or to condemn, to forbid; proscription the act of proscribing, prohibition, banishment

Question 2

mettle

Answer 2

courage or spirit

Question 3

chasten

Answer 3

to discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior; verbal punishment, rebuke for making a mistake

Question 4

contaminant

Answer 4

something that causes impurity; something that defiles or pollutes; contaminate to cause impurity, defile, or pollute

Question 5

mirth

Answer 5

gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

Question 6

presumptuous

Answer 6

brazenly overstepping bounds, arrogant presume; to take for granted, assume, or suppose

Question 7

yoke

Answer 7

to fit or join with a harness, to connect or join together

Question 8

chide

Answer 8

to voice disapproval, to scold

Question 9

cynical

Answer 9

given to faultfinding, sneering, and sarcasm; a person who believes all people are selfish, whose outlook is scornful and negative

Question 10

nimble

Answer 10

quick in movement or resourcefulness; light and quick of movement

Question 11

exigent

Answer 11

urgent, requiring immediate attention, exigent; pressing necessity, decisive moment

Question 12

vile

Answer 12

wretchedly bad, highly offensive, unpleasant or objectionable

Question 13

peevish

Answer 13

fretful, obstinate; easily irriated by unimportant things

Question 14

presage

Answer 14

something that foreshadows a future event, for knowledge of the future; to have a presentiment to foreshow or foreshadow

Question 15

ascend

Answer 15

to move upward, to rise from a lower station, to climb or advance

Question 16

melancholy

Answer 16

depression of spirits, soberly thoughtful, pensive despondency; sadness with no cause

Question 17

engender

Answer 17

to cause to produce or create; give rise to a feeling

Question 18

tarry

Answer 18

to delay in coming or going, to linger

Question 19

virtuous

Answer 19

having excellent morals, righteousness; moral excellence, goodness, righteousness

Question 20

tidings

Answer 20

information or news