Vocabulary List #11

Question 1

A place of retreat and security; a place of refuge

Answer 1

Asylum

Question 2

A cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty

Answer 2

Penury

Question 3

Harsh; Cruel; Unjust; Tyrannical

Answer 3

Despotic

Question 4

A source or means of obtaining the necessities of life

Answer 4

Subsistence

Question 5

One that lends money especially at an exorbitant rate

Answer 5

Usurer

Question 6

To obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power; to gain especially by ingenuity or compelling argument

Answer 6

Extort

Question 7

A boastful, exaggerated, or excessive display.

Answer 7

Ostentation

Question 8

The quality of being careful with money or resources; Thrift; The quality or state of being stingy

Answer 8

Parsimony

Question 9

To erase or wipe out; To eliminate or make indistinct

Answer 9

Efface

Question 10

Lofty, grand, or exalted in thought, expression, or manner; tending to inspire awe usually because of elevated quality (as of beauty, nobility, or grandeur)

Answer 10

Sublime