Vocabulary 3

Question 1

grisly

Answer 1

inspiring honor or intense fear

inspiring disgust or distaste

Question 2

sedition

Answer 2

conduct or language inciting resistance to or rebellion against lawful authority

Question 3

anathematize

Answer 3

to denounce as accursed

ex. Martin Luther banned from Church

Question 4

nefarious

Answer 4

openly wicked or impious: evil

Question 5

tenet

Answer 5

any opinion, principle, belief, or doctrine which a person holds or maintains as true

Question 6

petulant

Answer 6

characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor

Question 7

virtuoso

Answer 7

a person who has great skill at some endeavor

Question 8

magnanimous

Answer 8

showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind

Question 9

redoubtable

Answer 9

worthy of respect or honor,

foes or opponents, fear and respect

Question 10

idyll

Answer 10

open fields, pastures

Question 11

epithet

Answer 11

an abusive word of phrase

ex. Don’t call Becky a “hillbilly”

Question 12

impervious

Answer 12

not allowing entrance or passage: impenetrable