Vocabulary Group 3

Question 1

abhorrent

Answer 1

S: Despicable
A:loved
in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant

Please don’t ask me to cheat on the vocab test, cheating is abhorrent to me.

**abhor -utterly detest; loathe; hate

Question 2

admonish

Answer 2

S: scold
A: Praise

reprove gently but seriously; caution
Scold

Mrs. Taylor complemented me on my creativity in my myths story, but admonished me for not having a more diverse vocabulary.

**admonition-gentle warning; friendly reproof

Question 3

ambrosial

Answer 3

S: Scented
A: Odor

extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious, scented

The pineapple and watermelon in Costa Rica was ambrosial.

Kayle thinks my aftershave is ambrosial.

Question 4

confine

Answer 4

shut up; imprison; keep in narrow, cramped quarters

The prisoners were confined to their cell for 24 hours because of the threat of violence.

**confinement- After years of prisoners being held in solitary confinement for years we have learned solitary confinement for extended periods of time is very emotionally unhealthy.

Question 5

decade

Answer 5

S: 10 years
A: no years

period of ten years

My mom is over 4 decades old.

Question 6

detonate

Answer 6

explode with suddenness and violence

America detonated the first atomic bomb on Hiroshema on August 6th, 1945 which led to Japan surrendering to the States, effectively ending WWII.

**detonation-explosion

Question 7

ephemeral

Answer 7

S: Temporary
A: Permanent

lasting one day only; fleeting; short-lived, brief

Tristin’s music carrier was ephemeral, he quit shortly after deciding to do band.

Question 8

gullible

Answer 8

easily deceived or cheated; credulous

When I was younger my mom’s favorite thing to do is play on my gullibility. She was always making up crazy stories that I believed.

**deceive or cheat

Question 9

haggle

Answer 9

dispute or argue over a price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle

My mom likes to go to Mexico and haggle with all the street vendors to get a better price.

Question 10

immerse

Answer 10

S: Interested
A: Bored

plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck

Chase doesn’t like to immerse her head in water when she swims because the water bothers her ears.

**immersion-state of being deeply engrossed; absorption

TJ is completely immersed in fantasy football this year because he won last year and wants to win again.

Question 11

insomnia

Answer 11

inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness

When my Mom has insomnia she gets really grouchy.

**insomniac-person suffering from insomnia

Question 12

lapse

Answer 12

S: Mistake
A: Accurate

slip; error; accidental mistake

Tristin, I wrote your name with an -an instead of an -in. Please forgive the lapse.

**laps-interval
Dad went back to school to get his nursing degree after a lapse of 15 years in his education.

**lapsed-becoming invalid
My win-reality annual membership lapsed when my mom didn’t pay the $230 annual subscription fee.

Question 13

probe

Answer 13

S: examine
A:let go
Dad probed me when I tried to lie to him about why I wanted to stay longer at the football game because he was following the game at home and knew the score was a shutout and I said it was a close game.

**prober-investigator

Question 14

render

Answer 14

S: Deliver
A: Keep

hand down officially; deliver; give

The courtroom was silent while it waited for the judge to render their decision of guilty or not guilty.

**rendering-presentation; interpretation

Question 15

repast

Answer 15

S: Meal
A: Diet

food for one occasion of eating; meal

My mom’s repast last nigh was fit for a king.

Question 16

replenish

Answer 16

S: Refill
A: Deplete

bring back to condition of being full; refill

I was late to school because my mom had to go to a gas station to replenish the fuel in our car.

Question 17

score

Answer 17

S: set of 20
A: none
group or set of twenty

I have 19 friends interested in going to the school dance together. If I get one more we will have a score.

Question 18

snub

Answer 18

S: Reject
A: Accept

act or instance of snubbing (treating with contempt); rebuff; insult

My mom used to invite every kid in my class to my birthday parties because she didn’t want any kids to feel snubbed.

**snub-treat with disdain or contempt

Question 19

suture

Answer 19

S: Stitches
A: Gap

strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made with such material
unwittingly

When I was younger I fell on the stairs of a waterpark splashpad and split my chin open and my mom had to take me to the doctor to get sutures in my chin.

Question 20

unwittingly

Answer 20

S: Accidently
A: intentionally

unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently

I unwittingly missed all Kayla’s signs that she wanted me to kiss her at the football game last week.