Vocab List 6 11/17

Question 0

Ambiguous

Answer 0

Adj; does not belong

Question 1

Aloof

Answer 1

Adj; distant: apart

Question 2

Amorous

Answer 2

Adj; showing, feeling, or relating to desire

Question 3

Arbitrate

Answer 3

V; reach an authoritative judgement or settlement

Question 4

Dire

Answer 4

Adj; warning, urgent

Question 5

Discern

Answer 5

V; perceive or recognize something

Question 6

Discord

Answer 6

N; disagreement between people

Question 7

Discourse

Answer 7

N; written or spoken communication or debate

Question 8

Impeach

Answer 8

V: call into question the integrity or validity

Question 9

Importune

Answer 9

V: ask pressingly and persistently for something

Question 10

Inauspicious

Answer 10

Adj; not conducive to success unpromising

Question 11

Inexorable

Answer 11

Adj; impossible to stop or prevent

Question 12

Perverse

Answer 12

Adj; contrary to the accepted or expected standard

Question 13

Portent

Answer 13

N; omen

Question 14

Posterity

Answer 14

N; all future generations of people

Question 15

Predominate

Answer 15

V: strongest or main element

Question 16

Siege

Answer 16

N; military operation where enemy surrounds a fort and cuts off supplies to force surrender

Question 17

Slander

Answer 17

N; action or crime of false spoke statement damaging to a persons reputation

Question 18

Solace

Answer 18

N; comfort in time of distress or sadness

Question 19

Solemnity

Answer 19

N: the state of being serious or dignified