Week 1: #8-14

Question 0

Bolster

Answer 0

(V) to support , uphold, hearten, or boost

Question 1

Disabuse

Answer 1

(V) to free someone from a misconception or deception

Question 2

Aver

Answer 2

(V) to assert or affirm positively

(V) to formally assert or prove in pleading a case or cause

Question 3

Undermine

Answer 3

(v) to weaken by washing away the support or foundation underneath
(v) to weaken, injure, or ruin by degrees or a little at the time; to sap
(v) to subvert secretly or insidiously
(adj. ) to dig a mine or tunnel underneath

Question 4

Deliberative

Answer 4

(v) to think carefully or consider
(adj. ) (1) carefully considered (2) slowly, unhurriedly decided (3) done intentionally or w/ awareness of the consequences

Question 5

Assuage

Answer 5

(v) to make less intense or severe; to ease
(v) to satisfy, appease, or quench
(v) to pacify, sooth, or quiet

Question 6

Laconic

Answer 6

(adj.) concise, terse, or extremely sparing with words