Vocabulary 19-24

Question 1

Resilient

Answer 1

(adj) Elastic; having the power of springing back

Question 2

Scanty

Answer 2

(adj) too little in amount; very small

Question 3

Skeptic

Answer 3

(n) one who maintains a doubtful attitude

Question 4

Skirmish

Answer 4

(n)minor fight between small groups of soldiers; short argument, especially between political candidates

Question 5

Sequester

Answer 5

(v) to remove to a place o quite; to set apart, isolate

Question 6

Squalor

Answer 6

(n) filth and misery; degradation

Question 7

Subliminal

Answer 7

(adj)existing or operating below the level at which one is conscious

Question 8

Subpoena

Answer 8

(n)an order from the judge summoning a witnessto appear before the court

Question 9

Subsidiary

Answer 9

(n) something secondary in importance, adding to what one has

Question 10

Supercilious

Answer 10

(adj)full of contempt for others; arrogant

Question 11

Supersede

Answer 11

(v)replace; make obsolete

Question 12

Swindler

Answer 12

(n) a person who cheats people to get something from them

Question 13

Tantalize

Answer 13

(v) to torment someone with the sight of something desirable but out of reach

Question 14

Underlying

Answer 14

(adj) lying beneath; fundamental or basic

Question 15

Unscathed

Answer 15

(adj)unharmed

Question 16

Volatile

Answer 16

(adj)changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly

Question 17

Whimsical

Answer 17

(adj)unusual in a playful or amusing way;capricious; not serious

Question 18

Whithhold

Answer 18

(v) refuse to give; hold back

Question 19

Witticism

Answer 19

(n) a clever or funny remark

Question 20

Wordly

Answer 20

(adj) connected to the world in which we live rather than with spiritual things; having a lot of experience on life