Vocab List 5

Question 1

Discern

Answer 1

Detect with the senses

Question 2

Monetary

Answer 2

Relating to or involving money

Question 3

Prohibition

Answer 3

The action of forbidding

Question 4

Predecessor

Answer 4

One who precedes you in time

Question 5

Primary

Answer 5

of first rank or importance or value

Question 6

cultivate

Answer 6

adapt something wild to the environment

Question 7

invest

Answer 7

lay out money or resources in an enterprise

Question 8

benevolent

Answer 8

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding

Question 9

perspective

Answer 9

a way of regarding situations or topics

Question 10

compel

Answer 10

force somebody to do something

Question 11

exceed

Answer 11

be or do something to a greater degree

Question 12

mock

Answer 12

treat with contempt

Question 13

objective

Answer 13

the goal intended to be attained

Question 14

devote

Answer 14

dedicate

Question 15

bore

Answer 15

make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

Question 16

despise

Answer 16

look down on with disdain

Question 17

sustain

Answer 17

lengthen or extend in duration or space

Question 18

facility

Answer 18

a building or place that provides a particular service

Question 19

aggressive

Answer 19

characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

Question 20

restraint

Answer 20

the act of controlling by holding someone or something back