Vocabulary List 10

Question 1

amnesia

Answer 1

(noun) partial or total loss of memory

Question 2

appease

Answer 2

(verb) make peace with; overcome or allay

Question 3

attrition

Answer 3

(noun) the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; a wearing down to weaken or destroy

Question 4

debacle

Answer 4

(noun) a sudden and violent collapse; flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

Question 5

defoliate

Answer 5

(verb) strip the leaves or branches from

Question 6

equestrian

Answer 6

(adj.) of or relating to or featuring horseback riding; of or relating to or composed of knights

Question 7

expunge

Answer 7

(verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

Question 8

hackneyed

Answer 8

(adj.) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Question 9

opprobrium

Answer 9

(noun) a state of extreme dishonor; state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

Question 10

proviso

Answer 10

(noun) a stipulated condition

Question 11

sully

Answer 11

(verb) damage the purity or integrity of

Question 12

tactile

Answer 12

(adj.) producing a sensation of touch; of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch

Question 13

upbraid

Answer 13

(verb) express criticism towards

Question 14

verdant

Answer 14

(adj.) characterized by abundance of plants

Question 15

vertex

Answer 15

(noun) the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure; the highest point (of something)