Vocab Words 1st Quarter

Question 1

To humiliate or degrade

Answer 1

Abase

Question 2

To reduce, lessen

Answer 2

Abate

Question 3

To give up a position, usually one of leadership

Answer 3

Abdicate

Question 4

Something that differs from the norm

Answer 4

Aberration

Question 5

To aid, help, encourage

Answer 5

Abet

Question 6

To hate, detest

Answer 6

Abhor

Question 7

To sneak away and hide

Answer 7

Abscond

Question 8

To freely choose not to commit an action

Answer 8

Abstain

Question 9

Freedom from blame, guilt, sin

Answer 9

Absolution

Question 10

To agree without protesting

Answer 10

Acquiesce

Question 11

To caution, criticize, reprove

Answer 11

Admonish

Question 12

Relating to the appreciation of beauty

Answer 12

Aesthetic

Question 13

To bring together, unite

Answer 13

Amalgamate

Question 14

To make void or invalid

Answer 14

Annul

Question 15

A strong dislike, repugnance

Answer 15

Antipathy

Question 16

A burden

Answer 16

Bane

Question 17

To trick, deceive

Answer 17

Beguile

Question 18

Doing something good

Answer 18

Benevolent

Question 19

A plague, disease

Answer 19

Blight

Question 20

Excessively bold, brash

Answer 20

Brazen

Question 21

a tremendous noise, a harsh mixture of sounds

Answer 21

Cacophony

Question 22

Harsh, cold, unfeeling

Answer 22

Callous

Question 23

Honesty, frankness

Answer 23

Candor

Question 24

To surrender

Answer 24

Capitulate

Question 25

Subject to sudden changes of mood or behavior

Answer 25

Capricious

Question 26

Bitter, biting, acidic

Answer 26

Caustic

Question 27

Secret

Answer 27

Clandestine

Question 28

Friendly, agreeable

Answer 28

Conciliatory

Question 29

A coming together

Answer 29

Confluence

Question 30

A large amount

Answer 30

Copious