Vocabulary Study 8

Question 0

Ameliorate

Answer 0

To make better, to relieve, to improve

Question 1

Acquiesce

Answer 1

To give in, to comply; accede, agree, assent

Question 2

Atrophy

Answer 2

To waste away in physical ability, to wither

Question 3

Bequeath

Answer 3

To hand down, to give or to leave in a will

Question 4

Cajole

Answer 4

To persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax

Question 5

Compendious

Answer 5

Containing only the essentials

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

Superficial, casual, hastily done

Question 7

Debase

Answer 7

To reduce in dignity; abase, corrupt, debauch

Question 8

Deplete

Answer 8

To use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value

Question 9

Efface

Answer 9

To erase, to wear away

Question 10

Elucidate

Answer 10

To make clear, to explain; explicate, expound

Question 11

Expunge

Answer 11

To remove, to erase

Question 12

Extricate

Answer 12

To free, to disentangle; disembarrass, disencumber

Question 13

Garrulous

Answer 13

Talkative, rambling; voluble

Question 14

Impetuous

Answer 14

Violent, hasty, rash, impulsive

Question 15

Laconic

Answer 15

Using a minimum of words; concise, terse

Question 16

Opulence

Answer 16

Wealth, affluence, abundance

Question 17

Placate

Answer 17

To appease by making concessions; conciliate

Question 18

Reiterate

Answer 18

To repeat

Question 19

Surreptitious

Answer 19

Secret, clandestine, stealthy, covert, underhanded