Vocabulary Unit 2

Question 1

humiliation or degradation

Answer 1

abasement

Question 2

repeal or do away with

Answer 2

abrogate

Question 3

filled with air and swelling outward

Answer 3

billowing

Question 4

speech which offends religious sentiments

Answer 4

blashphemy

Question 5

crouch down in fear

Answer 5

cower

Question 6

able to be believed; convincing

Answer 6

credible

Question 7

intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extend of

Answer 7

enhance

Question 8

a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand

Answer 8

enigma

Question 9

a lengthy and aggressive speech

Answer 9

harangue

Question 10

a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another

Answer 10

harbingers

Question 11

a maze

Answer 11

labyrinth

Question 12

complicated; highly convoluted

Answer 12

labyrinthine

Question 13

make legally null and void; invalidate

Answer 13

nullify

Question 14

cuddle, snuggle

Answer 14

nuzzle

Question 15

a person who brings a case against another in a court of law

Answer 15

plaintiff

Question 16

an expression of praise or approval

Answer 16

plaudit

Question 17

filled or well-supplies with something

Answer 17

replete

Question 18

shameful; very bad

Answer 18

reprehensible

Question 19

perceptible by touch

Answer 19

tangible

Question 20

delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time; late

Answer 20

tardy