Vocabulary 6

Question 0

1. To separate the chaff from (grain) by means of a current of air.
2. To blow away; scatter
3. To blow on; fan

Answer 0

Winnow

Question 1

1. Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid, intense:
2. Marked by or full of vigor or energy:

Answer 1

Vehement

Question 2

1. Put together; created
2. Shaped by hammers with tools. Used chiefly of metals or metalwork
3. Made delicately or elaborately

Answer 2

Wrought

Question 3

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign

Answer 3

Xenophobe

Question 4

1. A servant
2. A petty naval officer
3. A sheriffs assistant
4. A diligent worker
5. A farmer

Answer 4

Yeoman

Question 5

To make easier or milder, relieve, quiet or calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Answer 5

Assuage

Question 6

A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Answer 6

Coalition

Question 7

To draw forth, bring out from some source(get info out of)

Answer 7

Elicit

Question 8

To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

Answer 8

Expostulate

Question 9

Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Answer 9

Hackneyed

Question 10

1. To plead on behalf of something else

2. To serve as a third-party or go between in a disagreement

Answer 10

Intercede

Question 11

1. Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational

2. Pale or sallow in color

Answer 11

Lurid

Question 12

Peevish, annoyed trifles, easily irritated and upset

Answer 12

Petulant

Question 13

The special right or privilege

Answer 13

Prerogative