Word List 6 A-D

Question 1

abase

Answer 1

to lower, to humble

Question 2

adjunct

Answer 2

something attached to a main body

Question 3

altruism

Answer 3

goodness, selflessness, generosity

Question 4

anterior

Answer 4

placed in front, earlier

Question 5

aperture

Answer 5

opening, hole

Question 6

arcane

Answer 6

mysterious, secret

Question 7

balk

Answer 7

to hesitate suddenly

Question 8

bellicose

Answer 8

warlike in manner

Question 9

berate

Answer 9

to scold, criticize

Question 10

blunderbuss

Answer 10

old-fashioned shotgun

Question 11

browbeat

Answer 11

to intimidate, to bully

Question 12

burnish

Answer 12

to polish, to shine

Question 13

callow

Answer 13

immature, inexperienced

Question 14

catharsis

Answer 14

sudden emotional relief

Question 15

caustic

Answer 15

unkind, bitter, sarcastic

Question 16

charted

Answer 16

planned, plotted, mapped

Question 17

cherubic

Answer 17

angelic, like a baby

Question 18

circuitous

Answer 18

roundabout, not straightforward

Question 19

coerce

Answer 19

to force someone to do something

Question 20

colloquial

Answer 20

informal but common speech

Question 21

congenial

Answer 21

pleasant, friendly

Question 22

contusion

Answer 22

bruise

Question 23

crest

Answer 23

peak, top

Question 24

cupidity

Answer 24

greed

Question 25

debauchery

Answer 25

corruption, physical self-indulgence

Question 26

defector

Answer 26

one who leaves his or her side to join the enemy

Question 27

deprecate

Answer 27

to criticize

Question 28

didactic

Answer 28

intended to teach, preachy

Question 29

dirge

Answer 29

funeral song

Question 30

disbursement

Answer 30

spending

Question 31

disenfranchise

Answer 31

to take away someone’s right to vote

Question 32

dither

Answer 32

to be indecisive

Question 33

drudgery

Answer 33

boring work