Vocabulary Terms Week 7

Question 1

Catapult (verb & noun)

Answer 1

Verb- to launch

Noun-a device for hurling objects, a slingshot

Question 2

Glutton (noun)

Answer 2

One who eats or consumes a great deal; having capacity to receive or withstand something

Question 3

Muster (verb)

Answer 3

To collect or gather; the act of inspection or critical examination

Question 4

Beget (verb)

Answer 4

To give birth to, to create

Synonyms: labor

Question 5

Curtail (verb)

Answer 5

To truncate or abridge; to lessen usually by cutting away from
Synonyms: get rid of

Question 6

Paranoia (noun)

Answer 6

A mental illness of unreasonable anxiety, especially believing someone is out to get you

Question 7

Facilitate (verb)

Answer 7

To make easier, to help bring about

Question 8

Craven (adjective)

Answer 8

Lacking the least bit of courage

Question 9

Mode (noun)

Answer 9

A way or method of doing something; type, manner, fashion

Question 10

Alienate (verb)

Answer 10

To make hostile; to cause to feel unwelcome or enstranged