Vocab List 3

Question 1

Waive

Answer 1

Turn down; give up; relinquish

Question 2

Subsistence

Answer 2

Means of existence

Ex: food, money, etc

Question 3

Wary

Answer 3

Cautious, watchful, aware

Question 4

Xerography

Answer 4

Copying, reproduction process

Question 5

Tremulous

Answer 5

Something that trembles/shakes

Question 6

Zany

Answer 6

Crazy, funny

Question 7

Jocund

Answer 7

To be cheerful/good-natured

Question 8

Apathetic

Answer 8

Without emotion, not caring

Question 9

Surcease

Answer 9

To be at an end

Question 10

Ravage

Answer 10

Destroy, violent

Question 11

Refute

Answer 11

Go against, oppose (with proof)

Question 12

Minuscule

Answer 12

Tiny small, not considered of importance

Question 13

Prudish

Answer 13

Extremely modest

Question 14

Puissant

Answer 14

Mighty or forcible

Question 15

Annihilate

Answer 15

Utterly destroy

Question 16

Foist

Answer 16

To cause acceptance of something which is false/wrong by misrepresenting

Question 17

Harangue

Answer 17

A long boring speech

Question 18

Hegemony

Answer 18

A ruler-ship

Question 19

Larcenous

Answer 19

Intending to be a theft

Question 20

Predatory

Answer 20

Hunting to kill

Question 21

Ultimatum

Answer 21

A final demand or proposal

Question 22

Tandem

Answer 22

To be one in front or one behind someone. Involves two people

Question 23

Disconcerted

Answer 23

Confused; upset; distracted