Vocabulary 10th Grade #13

Question 1

Plunder

Answer 1

verb - to rob of goods or valuables by force, as in war or hostile raids
noun - anything taken by robbery, theft, or fraud

Question 2

Implicit

Answer 2

adjective - implied rather than expressly stated
adverb - implicitly
verb - imply

Question 3

Oppression

Answer 3

noun - the burdensome, unjust exercise of authority or power

verb - oppress

Question 4

Innovation

Answer 4

noun - a new way to do something; something new

verb - innovated (nova = new)

Question 5

Philanthropy

Answer 5

noun - affection for mankind, esp. through donations of money, property or work to needy persons or socially useful purposes; benevolence; altruism; charity
noun - philanthropist

Question 6

Noblesse Oblige (F)

Answer 6

noun - the moral obligation of the rich or high-born to display honorable or charitable conduct (“the obligation of the nobility”)

Question 7

Perennial

Answer 7

adjective - lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring; perpetual

Question 8

Alchemy

Answer 8

noun - magic; a medieval form of turning base metals into gold and/or an elixir of life
noun - alchemist

Question 9

Vicarious

Answer 9

adjective - felt or done as if having the experience or feelings of another
adverb - vicariously

Question 10

Guise

Answer 10

noun - outward appearance or aspect; false appearance; pretense; “mask”

Question 11

Deranged

Answer 11

adjective - highly disturbed; disordered; insane

Question 12

Coffer

Answer 12

noun - a small box or chest, especially one used to hold money or other valuables

Question 13

Edifice

Answer 13

noun - a large building or structure, especially an imposing, grandiloquent or elaborate one

Question 14

Hieroglyphic

Answer 14

noun - a picture or symbol representing a word, syllable, or sound, used by the ancient Egyptians and others, instead of alphabetical letters; a method of writing using these pictures or symbols
adjective - pertaining to a system of writing that uses pictures or symbols

Question 15

Inaccessible

Answer 15

adjective - not easily reached or approached; out of the way (from access)

Question 16

Subsidize

Answer 16

verb - to aid or assist with a grant of money; to support; to promote
noun - subsidy

Question 17

Juncture

Answer 17

noun - a point where things are joined; a crossing; a point in time; a crisis point

Question 18

Overture

Answer 18

noun - an opening or initiating move toward negotiations, establishment of a relationship, etc; an orchestral composition forming the prelude or introduction of an opera, oratorio, etc.

Question 19

Retainer

Answer 19

noun - a fee paid in advance for services; a servant; an attendant (the orthodontic aid we all know and love, but don’t use this one was a definition or in the context sentence)

Question 20

Rivulet

Answer 20

noun - a small stream or river; a brook

Question 21

Ochre

Answer 21

adjective - a brown color tinged with yellow or gold