Vocab Lesson 1

Question 1

Abet

Answer 1

To assist or encourage, especially in wrongdoing

Question 2

Abhor

Answer 2

To detest, loathe, hate strongly

Question 3

Acquit

Answer 3

To find not guilty of a fault or crime

Question 4

Acrimony

Answer 4

Harsh temper or bitter feelings

Question 5

Adamant

Answer 5

Unyielding, firm in opinion

Question 6

Adulation

Answer 6

Excessive praise or admiration

Question 7

Affable

Answer 7

Friendly, Courteous, agreeable in manner, easy to talk to

Question 8

Agnostic

Answer 8

One who believes that the existence of God is unknown and unknowable

Question 9

Agrarian

Answer 9

Having to do with farms, farmers, or the use of land

Question 10

Abate

Answer 10

To lessen in violence

Question 11

Altercation

Answer 11

A heated argument

Question 12

Ambivalent

Answer 12

To be uncertain; to be unable to decide between two opposing points of view

Question 13

Amicable

Answer 13

Friendly. Peaceful

Question 14

Anathema

Answer 14

A greatly disliked, hated person or thing. A curse or a person cursed

Question 15

Apathy

Answer 15

Lack of interest

Question 16

Appease

Answer 16

To make calm or quiet. To give in to demands of

Question 17

Arduous

Answer 17

Difficult; requiring much effort; strenuous

Question 18

Audacity

Answer 18

Insolence; rude boldness

Question 19

Augment

Answer 19

To enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity

Question 20

Austere

Answer 20

Stern severe plain