Vocab Week 6+7

Question 0

Tenacious

Answer 0

holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of )

Question 1

Tenet

Answer 1

any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.

Question 2

Retain

Answer 2

to keep possession of.

Question 3

Pertain

Answer 3

to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.

Question 5

Recluse

Answer 5

a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.

Question 6

Occlude

Answer 6

to close, shut, or stop up(a passage, opening, etc.)

Question 7

Preclude

Answer 7

to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible.

Question 8

Intercede

Answer 8

to act of interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition.

Question 9

Interdict

Answer 9

to forbid; prohibit

Question 10

Anarchy

Answer 10

a state of society without government or law

Question 11

Anecdote

Answer 11

a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature

Question 12

Anomaly

Answer 12

a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.

Question 13

Creed

Answer 13

any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination

Question 14

Incredulous

Answer 14

disinclined or indisposed to believe, skeptical

Question 15

Credible

Answer 15

capable of being believed; believable

Question 16

Antithesis

Answer 16

opposition; contrast

Question 17

Antipathy

Answer 17

a natural, basic or habitual repugnance; aversion

Question 18

Interject

Answer 18

to insert between other things: to interject a clarification of a previous statement