Vocabulary List 3 & 4

Question 1

Bewilder

Answer 1

Confuse them
-Amaze, baffle, dumbfound, perplex

Question 2

Boycott

Answer 2

To stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest
-Protest, objection, dissent

Question 3

Condemn

Answer 3

Openly criticizing someone who is behaving inappropriately
-doom, sentence

Question 4

Deteriorate

Answer 4

Something gets worse because of neglect or unfortunate health problems
-Crumble, decay

Question 5

Emit

Answer 5

To give off or let out
-let loose, breathe, give off

Question 6

Feeble

Answer 6

lacking strength
-lame, weak, faint

Question 7

Hoarse

Answer 7

deep, rough, and hard to make out
-gruff, husky

Question 8

Intervene

Answer 8

to come between
-interfere, lie, step in

Question 9

Momentum

Answer 9

increasing forward motion
-boost, thrust

Question 10

Persistant

Answer 10

won’t stop
-tireless, nonstop, steady

Question 11

Ration

Answer 11

dole them out little at a time.
-part, percentage, portion, share

Question 12

Reluctant

Answer 12

Unwilling or unable to decide
-uneager, unenthusiastic, resistant

Question 13

Scarse

Answer 13

Isn’t much of it around
-rare, meager, barely

Question 14

Subsequent

Answer 14

following in time or order
-following, coming, future

Question 15

Trudge

Answer 15

to walk in a heavy, exhausted way
-slog, tramp, footslog

Question 15

Aquire

Answer 15

to get or come to own something
-get, find, develop, learn

Question 16

adapt

Answer 16

change to suite a new purpose
-adjust, accommodate

Question 17

consecutive

Answer 17

Happen one after another with no break.
-continuous, straight, succeeding

Question 18

determined

Answer 18

driven to succeed
-control, decide, stubborn

Question 19

elaborate

Answer 19

describe something complex and very detailed
-fancy, detailed, complicated

Question 20

excel

Answer 20

distinguish oneself
-stand out, surpass

Question 21

hypothesis

Answer 21

a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
-possibility, theory

Question 22

intricate

Answer 22

things that are complex and have many elements
-complex,

Question 23

mournful

Answer 23

expressing sorrow
-doleful, sad, sorrowful

Question 24

optimistic

Answer 24

expecting the best
-hopeful, positive, cheerful

Question 25

reassure

Answer 25

cause to feel sure
-assure, comfort, soothe

Question 26

sabotage

Answer 26

ruin or disrupt something by messing up a part of it on purpose
-weaken, counteract, destruction

Question 27

serene

Answer 27

calm and untroubled
-calm, clear, composed

Question 28

waver

Answer 28

to move back and forth
-hesitate, falter, flicker

Question 28

sufficient

Answer 28

not too much, not too little
- just right, enough, decent