Vocab Unit 2

Question 0

Amity

Answer 0

Cordial disposition a state of friendship and cordiality Friendliness

Question 1

Ameliorate

Answer 1

To get better or to make better Improve

Question 2

Anchor

Answer 2

A central cohesive source of support and stability Fixed firmly and stability Protection/foothold

Question 3

Antagonize

Answer 3

Provoke the hostility of or act in opposition of Irritate

Question 4

Antediluvian

Answer 4

So extremely old as seeming to belong to a period before the biblical flood A very old person Ancient/ antique

Question 5

Apathy

Answer 5

A trait of lacking enthusiasm for an interest in things, generally an absence of enthusiasm Coldness/indifference

Question 6

Apocryphal

Answer 6

Doubtful authenticity Fake/false

Question 7

Arcane

Answer 7

Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge Mystic/unknowable

Question 8

Ascendancy

Answer 8

The state that exists when one person or group has power over another Advantage/predominance

Question 9

Atrophy

Answer 9

Any weakening or degeneration Decline

Question 10

Augment

Answer 10

Enlarge or increase

Question 11

Avuncular

Answer 11

Like an uncle

Question 12

Bane

Answer 12

Something that causes misery

Question 13

Belie

Answer 13

Represent falsely be in contradiction with

Question 14

Belittle

Answer 14

Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of, express a negative opinion of, cause to seem less serious

Question 15

Bellicose

Answer 15

Having or showing a ready disposition to fight

Question 16

Belligerence

Answer 16

Hostile or warlike attitude or nature, a natural disposition to be hostile

Question 17

Benign

Answer 17

Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence kindness of disposition or manner

Question 18

Bizarre

Answer 18

Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Question 19

Blatant

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Noisy in a vulgar or offensive manner