Vocabulary 6

Question 1

Cerements (n.)

Answer 1

-Cloth or garment which a dead person is wrapped for burial

Question 2

Libertine (n.)

Answer 2

-Person without moral restraints, immoral or licentious person

Question 3

Dalliance (n.)

Answer 3

Flirtation

Question 4

Jocund (adj.)

Answer 4

Feeling, expression, communicating mirth/cheer; being cheerful/merry/gay

Question 5

Distillment (n.)

Answer 5

Extract; something distilled

Question 6

Pernicious (adj.)

Answer 6

Injurious, causing great harm or damage; fatal or deadly

Question 7

Paragon (n.)

Answer 7

Model of excellence of perfection

Question 8

Palpable (adj.)

Answer 8

Tangible, touchable, obvious

Question 9

Cleave (v.)

Answer 9

Hold fast, cling

Question 10

Calumny (n.)

Answer 10

False statement made to injure someone’s reputation, slander

Question 11

Cutpurse (n.)

Answer 11

Pickpocket

Question 12

Diadem (n.)

Answer 12

-Crown, ornamental band of cloth formerly worn as a crown, royal power, or authority

Question 13

Chide (v.)

Answer 13

Find fault with; reproach or blame, scold

Question 14

Assail (v.)

Answer 14

To attack with violent blows or with hostile words; arguments or abuse

Question 15

Usurper (n.)

Answer 15

One who seizes power or authority by force or without right