Vocab Set #5

Question 1

abhor

Answer 1

(v)

to regard with extreme disgust; to detest utterly

Question 2

affliction

Answer 2

(n)

a state of pain or distress; a cause of mental or bodily pain or persecution

Question 3

arbitrary

Answer 3

(adj)

subject to individual will or judgement; having unlimited power; unreasonable

Question 4

ascribe

Answer 4

(v)

to credit or assign as a cause or source; to think of as belonging to as a quality or characteristic

Question 5

futile

Answer 5

(adj)

incapable of producing any result; useless or frivolous

Question 6

profane

Answer 6

(adj)
characterized by irreverence to God; common or vulgar

(v)
to treat with irreverence or to misuse and defile

Question 7

prominent

Answer 7

(adj)

standing out so as to be easily seen; leading or well-known

Question 8

provoke

Answer 8

(v)

to anger or exasperate; to stir up or incite

Question 9

refuge

Answer 9

(n)

shelter or protection from danger

Question 10

refute

Answer 10

(v)

to prove to be false; to prove a person to be in error

Question 11

relent

Answer 11

(v)

to soften in feeling or determination; to become less severe

Question 12

reprove

Answer 12

(v)

to criticize or correct; to disapprove strongly of something

Question 13

secular

Answer 13

(adj)

of or relating to worldly things that are not regarded as religious; not pertaining to religion

Question 14

vivid

Answer 14

(adj)

strikingly bright or intense; full of life; strong and distinct

Question 15

zealous

Answer 15

(adj)

full of or characterized by zeal; passionately active, devoted or diligent