Vocabulaire for the reading

Question 1

Aficionado

Answer 1

An enthusiastic fan or admirer

Question 2

Bravado

Answer 2

False bravery

a boastful display of courage

Question 3

embargo

Answer 3

a government order preventing trade with another country

Question 4

Flotilla

Answer 4

A small fleet of boats or ships

Question 5

Hacienda

Answer 5

a large estate or ranch

the main house of such a ranch

Question 6

Incommunicado

Answer 6

without a way to communicate

Question 7

junta

Answer 7

a group of military leaders who seize and hold power over a country

a council or small governing body, especially in central America or in South America

Question 8

Peccadillo

Answer 8

A small fault, often habitual

Question 9

Peon

peonage

Answer 9

An unskilled laborer or farm worker

a person low in a hierarchy, A PERSON LOW IN STATUS

Question 10

renegade

Answer 10

noun= an outlaw, rebel, deserter, traitor

adjective == abondoning a cause, group, principle

Question 11

Appreciable

Answer 11

Noticeable

able to be percieved or estimated

Question 12

breadth

broad

Answer 12

width distance from side to side

a wide range

Question 13

copious

copiousness

Answer 13

plentiful abundant

Question 14

Gargantuan

Answer 14

Gigantic

immense size, volume, capacity

Question 15

innumerable

Answer 15

too many to count

Question 16

inordinate

Answer 16

exceeding reasonable limits

Question 17

negligible

Answer 17

not enough to be worth considering; insignificant

Question 18

paucity

Answer 18

smallness of number fewness scarcity

Question 19

pittance

Answer 19

a very small amount

an inadequate wage

Question 20

proliferate

proliferation

prolific

Answer 20

to multiply

increase

or spread rapidly

Question 22

An enthusiastic fan or admirer

Answer 22

Aficionado

Question 23

False bravery

a boastful display of courage

Answer 23

Bravado

Question 24

a government order preventing trade with another country

Answer 24

embargo

Question 25

A small fleet of boats or ships

Answer 25

Flotilla

Question 26

a large estate or ranch the main house of such a ranch

Answer 26

Hacienda

Question 27

without a way to communicate

Answer 27

Incommunicado

Question 28

a group of military leaders who seize and hold power over a country a council or small governing body, especially in central America or in South America

Answer 28

junta

Question 29

A small fault, often habitual

Answer 29

Peccadillo

Question 30

An unskilled laborer or farm worker a person low in a hierarchy, A PERSON LOW IN STATUS

Answer 30

Peon peonage

Question 31

noun= an outlaw, rebel, deserter, traitor adjective == abondoning a cause, group, principle

Answer 31

renegade

Question 32

Noticeable able to be percieved or estimated

Answer 32

Appreciable

Question 33

width distance from side to side a wide range

Answer 33

breadth broad

Question 34

plentiful abundant

Answer 34

copious copiousness

Question 35

Gigantic immense size, volume, capacity

Answer 35

Gargantuan

Question 36

too many to count

Answer 36

innumerable

Question 37

exceeding reasonable limits

Answer 37

inordinate

Question 38

not enough to be worth considering; insignificant

Answer 38

negligible

Question 39

smallness of number fewness scarcity

Answer 39

paucity

Question 40

a very small amount an inadequate wage

Answer 40

pittance

Question 41

to multiply increase or spread rapidly

Answer 41

proliferate proliferation prolific