Week 3

Question 1

aquiesce

Answer 1

v. to comply passively

Question 2

affirm

Answer 2

v. to confirm

Question 3

amnesty

Answer 3

n. the act of an authority pardoning a large group

Question 4

anonymous

Answer 4

adj. having an unknown or unacknowledged name

Question 5

antidote

Answer 5

n. a remedy used to neutralize the effects of a poison

Question 6

archaic

Answer 6

adj. of a much earlier, often more primitive period

Question 7

arouse

Answer 7

v. to awaken from sleep

Question 8

aspire

Answer 8

v. to seek a particular goal

Question 9

asset

Answer 9

n. a useful quality or resource

Question 10

attentive

Answer 10

adj. mindful; observant

Question 11

aversion

Answer 11

n. a fixed, intense dislike

Question 12

awe

Answer 12

n. an emotion combining dread, veneration, and wonder

Question 13

brutal

Answer 13

adj. extremely ruthless or cruel

Question 14

circumlocution

Answer 14

n. the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea

Question 15

coarse

Answer 15

adj. of low quality; lacking delicacy or refinement

Question 16

compound

Answer 16

v. to combine as to form a whole; mix

Question 17

consensus

Answer 17

n. a general agreement

Question 18

contrite

Answer 18

adj. feeling regret and sorrow for one’s offenses

Question 19

counsel

Answer 19

n. the act of exchanging opinions and ideas

Question 20

deem

Answer 20

v. to think, judge, consider, or believe

Question 21

deference

Answer 21

n. respect due a superior

Question 22

delegate

Answer 22

n. a person authorized to act as a representative

Question 23

destiny

Answer 23

n. the inevitable fate of a particular person or thing

Question 24

devour

Answer 24

v. to eat up greedily or ravenously

Question 25

dilute

Answer 25

v. to make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid; to lessen the strength of

Question 26

discriminate

Answer 26

v. to mark or perceive the distinguishing features of

Question 27

dispel

Answer 27

v. to drive away by or as if by scattering

Question 28

dissipate

Answer 28

v. to drive away; disperse

Question 29

durable

Answer 29

adj. able to exist for a long time without significant deterioration

Question 30

ease

Answer 30

n. the condition of being comfortable

Question 31

erroneous

Answer 31

adj. containing error

Question 32

ethnic

Answer 32

adj. relating to groups of people sharing a common heritage

Question 33

eulogy

Answer 33

n. a laudatory speech or written tribute

Question 34

exile

Answer 34

n. one who lives away from one’s native country

Question 35

extract

Answer 35

v. to draw or pull out

Question 36

falter

Answer 36

v. to be unsteady in purpose or action

Question 37

feeble

Answer 37

adj. lacking strength

Question 38

grandiose

Answer 38

adj. characterized by greatness

Question 39

gratitude

Answer 39

n. the state of being grateful

Question 40

grave

Answer 40

adj. significantly serious

Question 41

humid

Answer 41

adj. containing perceptible moisture

Question 42

hyperbole

Answer 42

n. extravagant exaggeration