vocabulary

Question 1

entreat

Answer 1

(v.) to ask earnestly; to beg or plead

Question 2

Assail

Answer 2

(v.) to attack vigorously

Question 3

Usurp

Answer 3

(v.) to seize or take wrongfully

Question 4

Ratify

Answer 4

(v.) to confirm; to approve something formally

Question 5

Resolute

Answer 5

(adj.) determined; firm and unwavering

Question 6

Auspicious

Answer 6

(adj.) favorable; promising; promising to be a good result

Question 7

Dirge

Answer 7

(n.) a funeral song

Question 8

Denote

Answer 8

(v.) to signify; to indicate or mark

Question 9

Countenance

Answer 9

(n.) face or facial expression, especially an encouraging one

Question 10

Importune

Answer 10

(v.) to urge with annoying persistence; to trouble

Question 11

Pernicious

Answer 11

(adj.) deadly or extremely evil

Question 12

Sovereign

Answer 12

(n.) supreme ruler; monarch

Question 13

Rogue

Answer 13

(n.) a criminally dishonest person; a scoundrel

Question 14

Quintessence

Answer 14

(n.) an ideal or perfect model

Question 15

Cleave

Answer 15

(v.) to cling; to split

Question 16

Calamity

Answer 16

(n.) a disaster

Question 17

Dejected

Answer 17

(adj.) depressed; disheartened

Question 18

Abominably

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(adj.) detestably; with hatred

Question 19

Mandate

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(n.) a command or authorization to do something

Question 20

Dismay

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(v.) to fill with dread; to discourage greatly; to perturb

Question 21

supersede

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(v.) take the place of (a person or thing previously in authority or use); to supplant

Question 22

Rhythm

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(n.) the systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodic stress.

Question 23

Playwright

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(n.) a person who writes plays; a dramatist

Question 24

Conscious

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(adj.) aware of and responding to one’s surroundings; awake

Question 25

Conscientious

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(adj.) (of a person) wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly; diligent; meticulous

Question 26

Assail

Answer 26

(v.) make a concerted or violent attack on.

Question 27

sovereign

Answer 27

(n.) a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.

Question 28

Rogue

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(n.) a dishonest or unprincipled man

Question 29

Calamity

Answer 29

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.

Question 30

Auspicious

Answer 30

(adj.) conducive to success; favorable.