Vocab Ch. 11-12 Franken. Dec. 10

Question 1

to lessen the intensity of something; pacify; ease

Answer 1

Assuage

Question 2

behavior towards others; outward manner; conduct

Answer 2

Demeanor

Question 3

cheerless; dejected; downcast

Answer 3

Disconsolate

Question 4

not capable of being affected or disturbed; impenetrable

Answer 4

Impervious

Question 5

incapable of being expressed coherently in speech

Answer 5

Inarticulate

Question 6

the waste or byproduct of a process such as in cooking

Answer 6

Offal

Question 7

to appropriate wrongly, steal, rip off

Answer 7

Purloined

Question 8

awkward or uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior

Answer 8

Uncouth

Question 9

to choose not to do or have something; to refrain deliberately from an action

Answer 9

Abstained

Question 10

a person with power to decide a dispute; Ex: judge, referee, umpire

Answer 10

Arbiters

Question 11

to appease; to gain goodwill by pleasing acts

Answer 11

Conciliating

Question 12

something hard to explain; mysterious; inscrutable

Answer 12

Enigmatic

Question 13

language intended to incite or encourage

Answer 13

Exhortations

Question 14

a sense of humiliation and shame caused by wounds to ones pride

Answer 14

Mortification

Question 15

deeply affecting the feelings; usually pleasurably stimulating

Answer 15

Poignantly