vocab words

Question 1

Appease

Answer 1

To calm or pacify, especially by giving in to demands.

Question 2

Pretext

Answer 2

A false reason given to justify an action.

Question 3

Archaic

Answer 3

Very Old or Old fashioned

Question 4

Autonomy

Answer 4

Independence or freedom of will

Question 5

Vulnerable

Answer 5

Open to physical or emotional harm

Question 6

Balmy

Answer 6

Pleasantly warm

Question 7

Beguile

Answer 7

To charm or deceive

Question 8

Besiege

Answer 8

To surround or attack

Question 9

Commence

Answer 9

To begin or start

Question 10

Devastation

Answer 10

Great destruction

Question 11

espionage

Answer 11

The act of spying

Question 12

Facsimile

Answer 12

an exact copy of

Question 13

Inclement

Answer 13

Harsh or severe

Question 14

Invincible

Answer 14

unable to be defeated

Question 15

Latitude

Answer 15

freedom to act or choose

Question 16

perseverance

Answer 16

steady and persistent in the course of action

Question 17

precarious

Answer 17

Not securely held or in position; likely to fall

Question 18

Vigilant

Answer 18

Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties

Question 19

Wane

Answer 19

To decrease in size, extent, degree

Question 20

wreak

Answer 20

To cause

Question 21

Axiom

Answer 21

A statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.

Question 22

Recourse

Answer 22

A source of help in a difficult situation

Question 23

Compatible

Answer 23

Able to exist in harmony

Question 24

Retribution

Answer 24

Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.

Question 25

Compliance

Answer 25

conformity in fulfilling official requirements

Question 26

Stringent

Answer 26

strict, precise, and exacting

Question 27

Encompass

Answer 27

To include comprehensively

Question 28

Transcend

Answer 28

To go beyond the limits of

Question 29

Implacable

Answer 29

unable to be placated or appeased

Question 30

Transitory

Answer 30

Not permanent

Question 31

Inanimate

Answer 31

Not alive, especially not in the manner of animals and humans

Question 32

Incentive

Answer 32

A thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something

Question 33

Indestructible

Answer 33

Unable to be destroyed

Question 34

Innate

Answer 34

Inborn; natural

Question 35

Militant

Answer 35

Combative and aggressive in support of a political or social abuse

Question 36

Mutable

Answer 36

Liable to change

Question 37

Perception

Answer 37

The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through senses

Question 38

Pivotal

Answer 38

Of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else