Vocabulary in School - Part 3

Question 1

abdicate

Answer 1

to formally give up power

Question 2

advocate

Answer 2

one who pleads for or defends a cause or purpose

Question 3

annihilate

Answer 3

to complety destroy

Question 4

arbitrary

Answer 4

determined by impulse rather than reason

Question 5

assiduous

Answer 5

hard workin

Question 6

benevolent

Answer 6

kind; generous

Question 7

conscientious

Answer 7

careful; principled

Question 8

context

Answer 8

the circumstances of a situation; the setting

Question 9

despotic

Answer 9

characterized by exercising tyrannically

Question 10

dictatorial

Answer 10

domineering; oppressively overbearing

Question 11

diligent

Answer 11

marked by painstaking work; hard working

Question 12

dogged

Answer 12

stubbornly persevering

Question 13

enlightining

Answer 13

informative; contributing to ones awarness

Question 14

exemplary

Answer 14

commendable; worthy of exemplifying

Question 15

fastidious

Answer 15

passing careful attention

Question 16

emperious

Answer 16

arrogantly domineering; overbearing like an emperor

Question 17

indifferent

Answer 17

not caring one way or the other

Question 18

intrepid

Answer 18

courageous; fearless

Question 19

lampoon

Answer 19

broad satirical; to broadly saturize

Question 20

maticulous

Answer 20

extremely careful and percise

Question 21

modest

Answer 21

humble in manners or apperence

Question 22

obstinate

Answer 22

stubbornly adhering to an opinion or cause of action

Question 23

omnipotent

Answer 23

all powerful

Question 24

parody

Answer 24

to comically imitate the style of another

Question 25

patronizing

Answer 25

treating in a condescending manner

Question 26

profound

Answer 26

having great depth

Question 27

subdue

Answer 27

to restrain; to hold back

Question 28

wry

Answer 28

dryly humorous often with irony