Vocab Lesson 15

Question 1

Ascertain

Answer 1

To find out for certain.

Question 2

Chastise

Answer 2

To punish by beating.

To rebuke or criticize severely.

Question 3

Cull

Answer 3

To select and remove weak or inferior members from

Question 4

Defer

Answer 4

To put off or postpone.
To yield to out of respect for the knowable or authority of another.
Submitting to the wishes of another because of respect.

Question 5

Desist

Answer 5

To refrain from continuing something.

Question 6

Discredit

Answer 6

To hurt the reputation of.

To destroy confidence or trust in.

Question 7

Encroach

Answer 7

To advance little by little beyond the usual limits or boundaries.

Question 8

Foreboding

Answer 8

A strong feeling that something bad is about to happen.

Question 9

Humane

Answer 9

Compassionate, kind to other human beings or to animals.

Question 10

Irrational

Answer 10

Lacking sound judgement; not governed by reason.

Question 11

Lurid

Answer 11

Causing horror; extremely gruesome

Glowing with the redness of flames seen throughout a haze.

Question 12

Perpetuate

Answer 12

To cause to continue indefinitely.

Question 13

Restive

Answer 13

Showing impatience because of restrictions or delays.

Question 14

Stamina

Answer 14

Physical strength or courage to resist hardship, illness, or fatigue.

Question 15

Surveillance

Answer 15

Close observation of a person or area.