Vocabulary Week 3

Question 0

Bard

Noun

Answer 0

A poet, often a singer as well.

I think Jason mraz is a bard.

Question 1

Abduct

Verb

Answer 1

To kidnap, take by force.

Pedo bear abducts children.

Question 2

Calamity

Noun

Answer 2

An event with a disastrous consequence. (Earthquakes have terrible calamities.)

Question 3

Debase

Verb

Answer 3

To lower the quality or esteem of something. (Bullies like to debase people.)

Question 4

Efface

Verb

Answer 4

To wipe out, obliterate, run away (I efface any kind of spit that someone may get on me.)

Question 5

Hallowed

Adjective

Answer 5

Revered, consecrated.

Jackson hallways are hallowed.

Question 6

Illicit

Adjective

Answer 6

Forbidden, not permitted

We are illicit from swearing at school.

Question 7

Judicious

adjective

Answer 7

Having or exercising sound judgement.

When the judicious king decided to compromise rather than send away his army to its certain death, he was applauded.

Question 8

Languid

Adjective

Answer 8

Sluggish from fatigue or weakness.

I am very languid when I wake up on Mondays

Question 9

Malleable

Adjective

Answer 9

Capable of being shaped or transformed.

I am not malleable because I am very bony

Question 10

Nebulous

Adjective

Answer 10

Vaguely defined, cloudy.

I do not get along well with nebulous people.

Question 11

Oblique

Adjective

Answer 11

Diverging from a straight line or course, not straightforward.
(In soccer I run obliquely.)

Question 12

Pacific

Adjective

Answer 12

Soothing.

My mom is very pacific.

Question 13

Quagmire

Noun

Answer 13

A difficult situation.

Starting high school was a quagmire.