Vocab Group 16

Question 0

attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

Answer 0

Pelt

Question 1

a broken piece of brittle artifact

Answer 1

Shard

Question 2

having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

Answer 2

Affluent

Question 3

Recklessly wasteful

Answer 3

Extravagant

Question 4

without principles

Answer 4

Unscrupulous

Question 5

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

Answer 5

Disdain

Question 6

add a flaw to; make imperfect or defective

Answer 6

Blemish

Question 7

laugh at with contempt and derision

Answer 7

Scoff

Question 8

lasting for a markedly brief time

Answer 8

Fleeting

Question 9

making lively and joyful

Answer 9

Exhilarating

Question 10

offering little or no hope

Answer 10

Bleak

Question 11

without fault or error

Answer 11

Impeccable

Question 12

everlastingly; for all time

Answer 12

Perpetually

Question 13

something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

Answer 13

Amends

Question 14

something causing misery or death

Answer 14

Nemesis

Question 15

call upon in supplication; entreat

Answer 15

Implore

Question 16

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feeling)

Answer 16

Harbor

Question 17

lacking conscious awareness of

Answer 17

Oblivious

Question 18

not genuine

Answer 18

Feigned

Question 19

deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held

Answer 19

Ingrained