Vocab Review 7-7,7-8,7-9

Question 1

skirmish

Answer 1

a minor fight

Question 2

climax

Answer 2

the highest point

Question 3

episode

Answer 3

one of a series

Question 4

wares

Answer 4

goods or products

Question 5

obligation

Answer 5

a promise or commitment to something

Question 6

decade

Answer 6

ten years

Question 7

alliance

Answer 7

bond or connection between parties

Question 8

abolition

Answer 8

the act of doing away with

Question 9

dialect

Answer 9

a variety of language in an area

Question 10

decree

Answer 10

an order, having the force of law

Question 11

recoil

Answer 11

to spring back

Question 12

react

Answer 12

to respond

Question 13

reprove

Answer 13

to scold or correct

Question 14

repeal

Answer 14

to recall or return

Question 15

regress

Answer 15

to return to a former or less developed sdtate

Question 16

retort

Answer 16

to make a reply

Question 17

depose

Answer 17

to remove from a high position

Question 18

deprive

Answer 18

to take something away

Question 19

derive

Answer 19

to take or receive from a source

Question 20

defile

Answer 20

to make unclean

Question 21

advantageous

Answer 21

favorable

Question 22

prime

Answer 22

having the highest quality

Question 23

ruthless

Answer 23

cruel

Question 24

eloquent

Answer 24

fluent expression

Question 25

stark

Answer 25

bare or desolate

Question 26

coincidence

Answer 26

events remarkable for being unrelated

Question 27

domestic

Answer 27

relating to ones family or country

Question 28

elegant

Answer 28

pleasingly graceful in style and appearance

Question 29

unique

Answer 29

being the only one of its kind

Question 30

adequate

Answer 30

enough to satisfy, sufficient