Week Twenty One Vocab

Question 0

beleaguer

(transitive verb) - to set upon from all sides; to surround with an army

Answer 0

Synonyms: besiege, encircle, pester

Question 1

ambivalent

(adj) - having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone

Answer 1

Synonyms: equivocal, ambiguous

Question 2

carte blanche
(noun) - full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion

Answer 2

Synonyms: blank check, free rein

Question 3

cataclysm

(noun) - a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval

Answer 3

Synonyms: disaster, catastrophe

Question 4

debauched

(transitive verb) - to corrupt morally, seduce; to indulge in dissipation

Answer 4

Synonyms: carouse, orgy