Vocabulary 10th Grade #03

Question 1

Analogy

Answer 1

noun - a likeness between different things; a similarity; a comparison;
adjective - analogous

Question 2

Antiquity

Answer 2

noun - ancient times; a thing/people of ancient times; the quality of being ancient (from antique)

Question 3

Electorate

Answer 3

noun - all persons having the right to vote

Question 4

Ethical

Answer 4

adjective - pertaining to right and wrong; conforming to certain rules or standards; moral
noun - ethics;
adverb - ethically

Question 5

Excerpt

Answer 5

noun - a selected passage or scene from a literary work or piece of music; an extract; a portion;
verb - to take out or select passages; to quote

Question 6

Heresy

Answer 6

noun - a dissenting or non-conforming view; a view-point different from accepted belief;
noun - heretic (one believes… doctrine);
adjective - heretical

Question 7

Paternal

Answer 7

adjective - inherited from or related through one’s father; fatherly

Question 8

Interminable

Answer 8

adjective - having no apparent end; boringly or annoyingly continuous;
adverb - interminably

Question 9

Posthumous

Answer 9

adjective - coming after death

adverb - posthumously

Question 10

Prophetic

Answer 10

adjective - relating to someone or something that foretells events, as a portent; predictive

Question 11

Pauper

Answer 11

noun - a person who is very poor, especially one who is dependent on public charity

Question 12

Decorum

Answer 12

noun - appropriateness of behavior, speech, dress

adjective - decorous

Question 13

Asunder

Answer 13

adverb - into separate parts or pieces;

verb - to tear asunder

Question 14

Felicitations

Answer 14

noun - expressions of good wishes, congratulations;

adjective - felicitous

Question 15

Flaxen

Answer 15

adjective - a pale yellow color; the color of flax/straw (from flax)

Question 16

Pestilent

Answer 16

adjective - destructive to life, peace, or morals; deadly, poisonous;
noun - pestilence (think of pests)

Question 17

Engender

Answer 17

verb - to produce, cause, bring about, or give existence to

Question 18

Insinuate

Answer 18

verb - to hint or suggest slyly or obliquely, esp. something malicious
noun - insinuation

Question 19

Bawdy

Answer 19

adjective - obscene, coarse, indecent, vulgar, risqué, raunchy, raucous, racy

Question 20

Brioche

Answer 20

noun - (FR) a light, sweet roll made of eggs, yeast and butter – recognizable by a delicious “knot on the top”

Question 21

Felonious

Answer 21

adjective - of the nature of or pertaining to a felony; graver than a misdemeanor, such as a murder or burglary; wicked, base, villainous (felony)