Vocab Quiz 9

Question 1

to deny
contradict
to dispute

Answer 1

gainsay

Question 2

a desire for publicly punishing offenders

Answer 2

pillory

Question 3

descendants
offspring
children

Answer 3

progeny

Question 4

the act of accusing

Answer 4

indictment

Question 5

to bring into existence

produce

Answer 5

engender

Question 6

pertaining to beauty

Answer 6

aesthetic

Question 7

pretentious display of knowledge

attention to rules and details

Answer 7

pedantry

Question 8

to condemn

express strong disapproval

Answer 8

decry

Question 9

drawn from different sources

Answer 9

eclectic

Question 10

having little or no money

Answer 10

impecunious

Question 11

fortifred place

stronghold

Answer 11

bastion

Question 12

to display clearly

to make evident

Answer 12

evince

Question 13

to foreshadow or point to a future event

Answer 13

presage

Question 14

angelic

heavenly

Answer 14

seraphic

Question 15

to toughen

harden

Answer 15

inure

Question 16

complete or perfect in hishest degree

Answer 16

consummate

Question 17

lacking in spirit and strength

ineffective

Answer 17

feckless

Question 18

small or trivial details

Answer 18

minutiae

Question 19

common
prevalent
happening often

Answer 19

rife

Question 20

language that is too wordy or inflated in porportion to sense or content

Answer 20

verbiage