Vocabulary Bonus 4

Question 1

To collect or gather; the act of inspection or critical examination.

Answer 1

Muster

Question 2

To make easier, to help bring about.

Answer 2

Facilitate

Question 3

Insensitive; block-headed, slow in comprehension.

Answer 3

Obtuse

Question 4

Pleasant to be around; social, agreeable.

Answer 4

Congenial

Question 5

Someone willing to sacrifice and even give their life for a cause; also one who pretends suffering to gain sympathy.

Answer 5

Martyr

Question 6

A fortress overlooking a city; a stronghold.

Answer 6

Citadel

Question 7

To pass or go by (said of time).

Answer 7

Elapse

Question 8

An incorrect or inappropriate name.

Answer 8

Misnomer

Question 9

A rise after defeat.

Answer 9

Resurgent

Question 10

Hard, severe, cruel.

Answer 10

Draconian

Question 11

A standard or rule by which something can be judged; a basis for judgement.

Answer 11

Criterion

Question 12

An object of unreasonable obsessive reverence or attention.

Answer 12

Fetish

Question 13

To scatter in various directions; distribute widely.

Answer 13

Disperse

Question 14

To search or hunt for food and provision.

Answer 14

Forage

Question 15

To condemn; to expose critically.

Answer 15

Denounce