Vocabulary 24

Question 1

rummage

Answer 1

(v) to move things around while searching for something.

Question 2

sage

Answer 2

(n) a person celebrated for wisdom; plant used for cooking.

Question 3

secular

Answer 3

(adj) not related or concerned with religion.

Question 4

skirmish

Answer 4

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

Question 5

squalor

Answer 5

(n) filth and misery; degradation.

Question 6

stoic

Answer 6

(adj) impassive; unmoved by joy or grief.

Question 7

supercilious

Answer 7

(adj) full of contempt for others; arrogant.

Question 8

swindler

Answer 8

(n) a person who cheatspeople to get something from them.

Question 9

unscathed

Answer 9

(adj) unharmed

Question 10

vicissitude

Answer 10

(n) change of fortune; problems in a situation or in your life.

Question 11

waive

Answer 11

(v) to give up a claimor a right voluntarily; to refrain from enforcing.

Question 12

whimisical

Answer 12

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

Question 13

witticism

Answer 13

(n) a clever or funny remark.

Question 14

worldly

Answer 14

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

Question 15

zeal

Answer 15

(n)eager enthusiasm