vocab week 2

Question 1

Afflict (v)
Affliction (n)

Answer 1

to cause mental or physical pain or suffering in
state of pain, distress, or grief caused by something

Question 2

Vex (v)

Answer 2

cause annoyance, disturb, in miner irritations; provoke

Question 3

Conspicuous (adj)

Answer 3

easily seen or noticed; obvious to the eye or mind

Question 4

Assent (v)

Answer 4

to agree or express agreement; yield or give in

Question 5

Malice (n)

Answer 5

feeling a need to see others suffer

Question 6

Assail (v)

Answer 6

attack someone physically or emotionally

Question 7

Endow (v)

Answer 7

furnish with a permanent fund or income (an endowment)

Question 8

Ensue (v)

Answer 8

to follow in order (succession); to follow consequence or result of something

Question 9

Heed (v)

Answer 9

pay close attention to

Question 10

Apt (adj)

Answer 10

naturally disposed toward; suited to the purpose/occasion

Question 11

Credible (adj)

Answer 11

appearing to merit belief or acceptance; believable

Question 12

Ascertain (v)

Answer 12

learn or discover with certainty; to find out definitively

Question 13

Perpetual (adj)

Answer 13

continuing forever or indefinitely

Question 14

Derived (adj)

Answer 14

formed or developed from something else; not original

Question 15

Facile (adj)

Answer 15

arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; shallow