Week 3 word wall

Question 1

Affluent

Answer 1

Having a great deal of money

Question 2

Apartheid

Answer 2

A former policy of segregation and political, social, and economic discrimination against the nonwhite majority in the republic of South Africa

Question 3

Asphyxiation

Answer 3

Deprivation of oxygen can result in death or unconsciousness

Question 4

Calumny

Answer 4

A false or malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something

Question 5

Cadaverous

Answer 5

Resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, bony

Question 6

domicile

Answer 6

A place of resident; house or home

Question 7

Diaspora

Answer 7

A displacement of people from their homeland; the migration of people outside of their ancestral homeland

Question 8

Digression

Answer 8

A message that departs from the main subject or central theme

Question 9

flustered

Answer 9

Being in a state of agitated confusion

Question 10

Idiosyncrasies

Answer 10

Modes of behavior or ways of thought peculiar to an individual; peculiarities; uniquenesses

Question 11

Inured

Answer 11

Accustomed to something, especially something unpleasant

Question 12

Incandescent

Answer 12

Glowing bright with heat

Question 13

Klutzy

Answer 13

Clumsy, awkward; not able to stand efficiently or do tasks properly

Question 14

Kaleidoscopic

Answer 14

Having complex patterns of color; multicolored

Question 15

Pundit

Answer 15

A person who makes comments or judgements, especially in an authoritative manner; an expert

Question 16

Scintillating

Answer 16

brilliant clever; witty, animated, vivacious

Question 17

Tessellate

Answer 17

To form a checkered or more pattern of small squares or blocks

Question 18

ultimatum

Answer 18

A final demand

Question 19

Verbatim

Answer 19

Using exactly the same words as the original, word for word

Question 20

Wary

Answer 20

To be watchful or alert; careful

Question 21

Apprehend

Answer 21

To take into legal custody; to arrest by legal warrant or authority