Vocabulary Test 08/17/2022

Question 1

Distress n.

Answer 1

pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind

Question 2

Amelioration n.

Answer 2

to make better or more tolerable

Question 3

Aversion n.

Answer 3

a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it

Question 4

Asphyxiation n.

Answer 4

deprivation of oxygen that can result in unconsciousness and often death : an act of asphyxiating a person or animal or a state of asphyxia

Question 5

Listlessly adj.

Answer 5

characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit

Question 6

Travail n. & v.

Answer 6

to labor hard

Question 7

Encapsulate v.

Answer 7

to enclose in or as if in a capsule

Question 8

Fortitude n.

Answer 8

strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage

Question 9

Insidious adj.

Answer 9

• having a gradual and cumulative effect

- harmful but enticing

Question 10

Intimate v.

Answer 10

suggesting informal warmth or privacy

Question 11

Opulent adj.

Answer 11

having a large estate or property\ wealthy

Question 12

Ostensible adj.

Answer 12

intended for display : open to view

Question 13

Ubiquitous adj.

Answer 13

existing or being everywhere at the same time

Question 14

cache n.

Answer 14

a secure place of storage

Question 15

lectern n.

Answer 15

a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker

Question 16

dour adj.

Answer 16

gloomy,stern,moody

Question 17

disparage v.

Answer 17

To talk bad about someone or something

Question 18

bereft adj.

Answer 18

• deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something —usually used with of
• acking something needed, wanted, or expected

Question 19

augment v.

Answer 19

to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

Question 20

adulterate v..

Answer 20

to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element