Vocab 7

Question 1

archipelago

Answer 1

a large group of islands; a body of water containing a large number of islands

Question 2

careen

Answer 2

to rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion

Question 3

cavalier

Answer 3

showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant

Question 4

contiguous

Answer 4

sharing a boundary; being very close or in contact; adjacent

Question 5

correlate

Answer 5

to connect related things; to bring things into proper relation with one another

Question 6

etymology

Answer 6

the history of a word; the science that studies such histories

Question 7

frenetic

Answer 7

wildly excited; frantic

Question 8

kinetic

Answer 8

relating to motion

Question 9

presage

Answer 9

to foretell; to warn or indicate in advance

Question 10

pulverize

Answer 10

to crush or grind into dust or powder; to demolish

Question 11

recondite

Answer 11

difficult to understand; abstruse

Question 12

repulse

Answer 12

to repel; to drive back; to reject in a cool or distant matter; to disgust

Question 13

seismic

Answer 13

caused by or having to do with earthquakes; having powerful and widespread effects

Question 14

undulate

Answer 14

to form or move in waves; to have a wavelike appearance or motion

Question 15

upheaval

Answer 15

a radical or violent change; a forceful lifting or warping from beneath