Week 11 Vocabulary

Question 1

Paragon

Answer 1

Model of excellence; Joan could get along with anyone. She was a paragon of a friend.

Question 2

Strife

Answer 2

Conflict;bitter struggle; A life of poverty is filled with much strife.

Question 3

Appease

Answer 3

To soothe; placate; to calm; To appease his mother, Jo walks the dog every day

Question 4

Lampoon

Answer 4

Light good-humored satire; humorous comment; Saturday Night Live lampoons the presidential candidates.

Question 5

Boon

Answer 5

Timely benefit; The addition of neighborhoods was a boon to the community.

Question 6

Poltroon

Answer 6

A coward; John was a poltroon because he was in his 30s yet still afraid of the dark.

Question 7

Brazen

Answer 7

Bold; shameless; Mack’s brazen attempt to slam dunk the ball made the crowd scream.

Question 8

conundrum

Answer 8

Dilemma; Confusion; In most mystery novels, the conundrum is solved by the end.

Question 9

Covert

Answer 9

Hidden; secret; Sam carried out covert missions for the FBI

Question 10

Bootleg

Answer 10

Steal; illegally sell; to smuggle; Jill was arrested when she tried to sell a bootleg CD.

Question 11

Uni

Answer 11

One; Universe, unibrow, unicycle, unicorn, unison,

Question 12

Vac

Answer 12

Empty; Vacuum, evacuate, vaccine

Question 13

Vice

Answer 13

In place of; Advice, Vice-president, vice-grips

Question 14

Vol

Answer 14

Will; Voluntary, involuntary, volunteer

Question 15

Vor

Answer 15

Eat greedily; Voracious, carnivore, herbivore

Question 16

Zo

Answer 16

animal; Zoo, Zoologist, Zoology

Question 17

myri

Answer 17

Any large number; Myriad

Question 18

Albo

Answer 18

White; Albino

Question 19

Vario

Answer 19

Different; Various, varied

Question 20

Ab

Answer 20

Away from; Abstain, abnormal