Vocabulary 04/29/2013

Question 1

adrenaline

Answer 1

a·dren·a·line

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:**a hormone that comes from the adrenal gland when you get stress or anxious
• *Dictionary:** a hormone that is secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress and increases heart rate
• *Antonym:**
• *Synonym:** epinephrine

I have heard about adrenaline before.

Question 2

confront

Answer 2

con·front

• *Part of Speech:** verb
• *Own:** to reprimand
• *Dictionary**: to face in hostility or defiance; oppose
• *Antonym:** back down
• *Synonym:** challenge; encounter; tell-off

The feuding factions confronted one another.

Question 3

constitution

Answer 3

con·sti·tu·tion

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** a plan for government
• *Dictionary:** the fundamental political principles on which a state is governed, esp when considered as embodying the rights of the subjects of that state
• *Antonym:**
• *Synonym:**

The Constitution helps the governor make well thoughout decisions.

Question 4

ideals

Answer 4

i·de·als

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** moral beliefs; something perfect
• *Dictionary:** a conception of something in its perfection
• *Antonym:** corruption; dishonesty
• *Synonym:** ethics; principles; values

No one is ideal.

Question 4

impeach

Answer 4

im·peach

• *Part of Speech:** verb
• *Own:** denounce; to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office
• *Dictionary:** to put an official on trial for wrongdoing
• *Antonym:** elect
• *Synonym:** accuse; charge; disdredit; blamed

The President can be impeached at any time.

Question 6

infiltrate

Answer 6

in·fil·trate

• *Part of Speech:** verb
• *Own:** creep in undetected
• *Dictionary:** to filter into or through; permeate
• *Antonym:** sustain
• *Synonym:** penetrate; crack

Castro infiltrated that he was a great leader into people’s brain.

Question 7

paranoid

Answer 7

par·a·noid

• *Part of Speech:** adjective; noun
• *Own:** mental; to think the whole world is after you
• *Dictionary:** a - of, like, or suffering from paranoia; n - a person suffering from paranoia
• *Antonym:** sane; normal
• *Synonym:** crackpot; psycho; crazy

I am not paranoid right now.

Question 8

plunge

Answer 8

plunge

• *Part of Speech:** verb
• *Own:** to throw or lance
• *Dictionary:** to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something
• *Antonym:** ascent; increase; still
• *Synonym:** submergence; venture; thrust

I plunged myself into the crowd.

Question 9

ratify

Answer 9

rat·i·fy

• *Part of Speech:** verb
• *Own:** to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction
• *Dictionary:** to approve and adopt
• *Antonym:** deny; revoke; veto
• *Synonym:** affirm; authorize; confirm

I ratify that I am awesome.

Question 10

rummage

Answer 10

rum·mage

• *Part of Speech:** verb
• *Own:** to search thoroughly
• *Dictionary:** to search thoroughly or actively through
• *Antonym:** order; organize
• *Synonym:** ransack; search; disorder

I rummaged through my toys to find my yo-yo.

Question 11

trudged

Answer 11

trudg-ed

• *Part of Speech:** verb
• *Own:** walk heavily
• *Dictionary:** to walk, especially laboriously or wearily
• *Antonym:** tiptoe
• *Synonym:** stumble; tread

I trudged to school yesterday.

Question 12

veto

Answer 12

ve·to

• *Part of Speech:** noun / verb
• *Own:** refusal of permission
• *Dictionary:** to reject a bill
• *Antonym:** approval; sanction; ratify
• *Synonym:** ban; denial; prohibition

A vetoed bill sometimes causes problems in the government.