Vocab Quiz, 21-55

Question 1

assuage

Answer 1

I assuaged my guilt by buying some ice cream.

Question 2

seldom

Answer 2

I seldom go this way to school, maybe five times a year.

Question 3

piety

Answer 3

the nuns demonstrated their piety by praying every day for five hours.

Question 4

stingy

Answer 4

the stingy old women yelled at people who wanted change and refused to spend money on anything.

Question 5

persecution

Answer 5

the persecution of the jews took place for over 2,000 years

Question 6

dictum

Answer 6

the students who receive the gold award are dictum.

Question 7

impotent

Answer 7

the impotent boy was unhealthy and in need of strength.

Question 8

fury

Answer 8

the dragon’s fury, which was caused by him being woken up from his 400 year nap, caused him to burn now an entire village with his fire breath.

Question 9

taciturn

Answer 9

the taciturn boy never said anything in class.

Question 10

alleged

Answer 10

the alleged murderer’s court case would be held in a week

Question 11

imprudent

Answer 11

the alien was imprudent, and new nothing of this world and its moral values or how to act

Question 12

amble

Answer 12

the girl ambled around, strolling and sauntering.

Question 13

tyrannical

Answer 13

Napoleon was tyrannical

Question 14

abundance

Answer 14

with the abundance of food, no one in the village would go hungry for at least a year.

Question 15

malevolent

Answer 15

the malevolent leader wanted only to show everyone how awful his brother was as a leader, who he hated.

Question 16

phantom

Answer 16

some say that you can feel love or time, others say it is phantom.

Question 17

morbid

Answer 17

the morbidly sick dogs are going to die in 17 days

Question 18

nocturnal

Answer 18

the owl is nocturnal, he goes to bed at 7 am and wakes up at 7 pm

Question 19

domicile

Answer 19

I live with my family in a cozy domicile in the outskirts of town, it has a roof and four walls and a nice fireplace.

Question 20

assault

Answer 20

the robberts assaulted the home owner, leaving him with a black eye and broken nose.

Question 21

battery

Answer 21

the defendants are accused of battery, for they allegedly beat an innocent civilian.

Question 22

abusive

Answer 22

the man hit his girlfriend and the girlfriend yelled insults at him constantly, it was an abusive relationship.

Question 23

profane

Answer 23

the redneck used profane language when talking about foreigners, and the parents had to cover their children’s ears.

Question 24

nebulous

Answer 24

during the solstice, the line between the spirit world and the real world become nebulous.

Question 25

bounty

Answer 25

the abundance of food was from a bounty given by a great hunter.

Question 26

concession

Answer 26

it is a concession as an american to be able to vote when you are 18

Question 27

cunning

Answer 27

James bond was a cunning man, he was resourceful and evasive.

Question 28

immune

Answer 28

to every disease, there are those who are immune and cannot get sick

Question 29

interfere

Answer 29

i interfered with the power lines near the dome where the super bowl is taking place, and the power in the dome went out for 28 minutes.

Question 30

wallow

Answer 30

She wallowed in shame when she realized how mean she was

Question 31

illicit

Answer 31

the illicit man was not allowed into any shops or stores because he broke many laws.

Question 32

vexation

Answer 32

the vexation of the leader was caused by all of his workers slacking off and being out sick.

Question 33

hilt

Answer 33

the people wasted the abundance of food in a night, with a feast that used all their food to the hilt.

Question 34

mortification

Answer 34

I was in a state of mortification when my mom showed everyone I knew my baby pictures, and I hid in the corner of the room.