Vocabulary #1

Question 1

Stigmatize

Answer 1

To brand or mark in a negative way

Synonyms: shame, disgrace, dishonor, humiliation

Ex. Society often stigmatizes teenagers as reckless and immature.

Question 2

Atone

Answer 2

To satisfy or appease by making amends

Synonyms: amends, reparation, satisfaction

Ex. I took my chance to atone for my mistakes.

Question 3

Coerce

Answer 3

To dominate by force or threats

Question 4

Feign

Answer 4

To pretend or dissemble

Ex. She feigned ignorance to the rude comments made by her enemy.

Question 5

Defile

Answer 5

To make impure or unclean

Question 6

Perpetrate

Answer 6

To cause to happen; to commit

Question 7

Evince

Answer 7

To show or display clearly; to indicate

Question 8

Truckle

Answer 8

To behave as a lowly servant in an obsequious manner-fawning manner

Question 9

Redress

Answer 9

To right a wrong by offering compensation or by removing the cause for complaint.

Question 10

Relinquish

Answer 10

To renounce with regret; voluntarily cease to keep or claim

Question 11

Intimate

Answer 11

To suggest indirectly or hint in a subtle way

Question 12

Exhort

Answer 12

To rouse and urge onward

Question 13

Burgeon

Answer 13

To begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

Question 14

Entice

Answer 14

To tempt or lure onward in a clever way

Question 15

Disparaging

Answer 15

Expressing that something is of little worth; downgrading

Question 16

Nurture

Answer 16

To foster growth and development by giving food, education, and emotional support