Word List 13

Question 1

enhance

Answer 1

to make batter; to augment

Question 2

retract

Answer 2

to take back; to withdraw; to pull back

Question 3

ambiguously

Answer 3

unclear in meaning

Question 4

paucity

Answer 4

scarcity

Question 5

rescind

Answer 5

to make void, repeal, annul

Question 6

subtle

Answer 6

not obvious; able to make fine distinctions, ingenious; crafty

Question 7

zealous

Answer 7

fervent; enthusiastically devoted to something

Question 8

benign

Answer 8

gentle; not harmful; kind; mild

Question 9

compliant

Answer 9

yielding; submissive

Question 10

emulate

Answer 10

to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation

Question 11

innumerable

Answer 11

too many to number or count; many

Question 12

meander

Answer 12

to wander slowly, like a winding river

Question 13

authoritarian

Answer 13

like a dictator

Question 14

brawn

Answer 14

bulk; muscles

Question 15

contrite

Answer 15

deeply apologetic; remorseful

Question 16

exemplify

Answer 16

to serve as an example of

Question 17

facilitate

Answer 17

to make easier

Question 18

hypothetical

Answer 18

uncertain; unproven

Question 19

recalcitrant

Answer 19

stubbornly defiant of authority or control

Question 20

ambulatory

Answer 20

able to walk; walking

Question 21

diffident

Answer 21

timid; lacking in self confidence

Question 22

drone

Answer 22

to talk on and on in a dull way (unlike Mrs. Pound)

Question 23

marred

Answer 23

damaged; bruised

Question 24

nullify

Answer 24

to make unimportant

Question 25

gullible

Answer 25

overly trusting; willing to believe anything