Vocab: Chpt. 4

Question 0

dictate

Answer 0

(v.) to pronounce, command, prescribe

Question 1

fortify

Answer 1

(v.) to strengthen

Question 2

diminutive

Answer 2

(adj.) miniature, small

Question 3

goad

Answer 3

(v.) to urge, to provoke into action

Question 4

lachrymose

Answer 4

(adj.) tearful

Question 5

obsequious

Answer 5

(adj.) submissive

Question 6

laud

Answer 6

(v.) to applaud or praise

Question 7

sycophant

Answer 7

(n.) a self-serving flatterer

Question 8

officious

Answer 8

(adj.) offering unwanted help or service

Question 9

abide

Answer 9

(v.) to put up with, tolerate

Question 10

punctilious

Answer 10

(adj.) eager to follow rules

Question 11

propriety

Answer 11

(n.) decency, state of being proper

Question 12

amble

Answer 12

(v.) to stroll, walk

Question 13

scurrilous

Answer 13

(adj.) crude, vulgar

Question 14

inimical

Answer 14

(adj.) hostile, threatening

Question 15

trek

Answer 15

(v.) to walk, travel by foot

Question 16

malevolent

Answer 16

(adj.) having intent to ___

Question 17

malicious

Answer 17

(adj.) malevolent, harmful

Question 18

truculent

Answer 18

(adj.) eager to fight, violent

Question 19

pugnacious

Answer 19

(adj.) belligrent

Question 20

belligrent

Answer 20

(adj.) contentious, ready

Question 21

accost

Answer 21

(v.) to approach, or confront ___

Question 22

invective

Answer 22

(n.) a verbal attack

Question 23

timorous

Answer 23

(adj.) fearful, timid

Question 24

circumspect

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(adj.) cautious

Question 25

prudent

Answer 25

(adj.) cautious, careful

Question 26

nefarious

Answer 26

(adj.) horribly villanious

Question 27

petulance

Answer 27

(n.) irritability, impoliteness

Question 28

repudiate

Answer 28

(v.) to reject, turn down

Question 29

accede

Answer 29

(v.) to agree

Question 30

accommodating

Answer 30

(adj.) obliging, helpful

Question 31

poised

Answer 31

(adj.) balanced, readied

Question 32

masticate

Answer 32

(v.) to chew

Question 33

spurious

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(adj.) false but intended to seem possible

Question 34

abate

Answer 34

(v.) to lessen, to reduce in severity

Question 35

abase

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(v.) to lower, demean, degrade

Question 36

laceration

Answer 36

(n.) a cut, a rip

Question 37

altercation

Answer 37

(n.) an argument, dispute

Question 38

mediate

Answer 38

(v.) to intervene, to arbitrate, to sort out

Question 39

arbitrator

Answer 39

(n.) one who settles controversy between two sides

Question 40

restitution

Answer 40

(n.) compensation, reimbursement

Question 41

retaliation

Answer 41

(n.) revenge, punishment

Question 42

retribution

Answer 42

(n.) vengeance, revenge, pay back

Question 43

umbrage

Answer 43

(n.) anger, offense, resentment

Question 44

upbraid

Answer 44

(v.) to criticize, scold, reproach

Question 45

berate

Answer 45

(v.) to scold severly

Question 46

atone

Answer 46

(v.) to apologize, make amends

Question 47

benevolent

Answer 47

(adj.) kind, good, caring

Question 48

bereft

Answer 48

(adj.) without, devoid of

Question 49

concede

Answer 49

(v.) to give in, to accept