Vocabulary Words: Rumor Chick pt 2

Question 1

assiduous

Answer 1

hard working

Question 2

ominous

Answer 2

menacing; threatening

Question 3

quell

Answer 3

to put down forcibly

Question 4

manifest

Answer 4

to make evident or certain by displaying or demonstrating

Question 5

bemuse

Answer 5

to confuse, stun, or stump

Question 6

estrange

Answer 6

to cause to become unfriendly or hostile

Question 7

supplant

Answer 7

to take the place of

Question 8

notorious

Answer 8

known widely and unfavorably; famous for something bad

Question 9

adulation

Answer 9

excessive flattery

Question 10

admonish

Answer 10

to gently criticize or warn

Question 11

concur

Answer 11

to agree

Question 12

complicity

Answer 12

participation in a bad act or a crime

Question 13

poignant

Answer 13

touching

Question 14

cunning

Answer 14

clever, sneaky

Question 15

ascertain

Answer 15

to discover

Question 16

morose

Answer 16

gloomy

Question 17

rebuke

Answer 17

to criticize or find fault with

Question 18

reciprocate

Answer 18

to show or give in return

Question 19

renounce

Answer 19

to reject, disown, or formally give up

Question 20

concede

Answer 20

to acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true