vocab for quiz 5/1/15

Question 1

benign

Answer 1

adjective

having a kindly disposition

Question 2

audacity

Answer 2

noun

boldness/daring with arrogant disregard for personal safety

Question 3

compelled

Answer 3

verb

to force or drive

Question 4

contempt

Answer 4

noun

the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean or vile

Question 5

credibility

Answer 5

noun

quality of being trustworthy

Question 6

generalization

Answer 6

noun

act or process of generalizing

Question 7

immensity

Answer 7

noun

vastness, enormous extent

Question 8

legitimately

Answer 8

adjective

according to law

Question 9

melancholy

Answer 9

noun

gloomy state of mind

Question 10

paradoxes

Answer 10

noun

a statement that seems self contradictory or absurd but really expresses possible truth

Question 11

predisposed

Answer 11

verb

to give an inclination to before hand

Question 12

stealthily

Answer 12

adjective

done or acted by stealth

Question 13

tenacious

Answer 13

adjective

holding fast, firm hold

Question 14

abyss

Answer 14

noun

deep, immeasurable space