Word List 9 A-D

Question 1

abstemious

Answer 1

avoiding extremes, especially in eating and drinking

Question 2

acrophobia

Answer 2

fear of heights

Question 3

affront

Answer 3

insult

Question 4

ambulatory

Answer 4

able to move

Question 5

antipathy

Answer 5

dislike

Question 6

appropriation

Answer 6

1. setting something aside for a specific use

2. seizing something

Question 7

ardent

Answer 7

full of strong feelings

Question 8

auspicious

Answer 8

showing signs of future success, favorable

Question 9

baneful

Answer 9

harmful

Question 10

bastion

Answer 10

a fortified place

Question 11

beleaguer

Answer 11

to weigh down, to burden

Question 12

bemoan

Answer 12

to regret deeply

Question 13

bequeath

Answer 13

to hand down

Question 14

betoken

Answer 14

to be a sign of, to foreshadow

Question 15

blithe

Answer 15

happy, carefree

Question 16

boor

Answer 16

rude person

Question 17

bulwark

Answer 17

defensive wall

Question 18

caliper

Answer 18

instrument that measures thickness

Question 19

catcall

Answer 19

sound of disapproval

Question 20

caulk

Answer 20

to seal

Question 21

chortle

Answer 21

to laugh

Question 22

circumspect

Answer 22

careful

Question 23

clandestine

Answer 23

secret, hidden

Question 24

comely

Answer 24

attractive

Question 25

conjugal

Answer 25

having to do with marriage

Question 26

contravene

Answer 26

to go against

Question 27

cosmographer

Answer 27

one who studies the order of the universe

Question 28

creed

Answer 28

a system of beliefs

Question 29

deed

Answer 29

2. legal document indicating ownership

Question 30

deftly

Answer 30

skillfully

Question 31

depose

Answer 31

to remove from office

Question 32

desiccate

Answer 32

to dry out

Question 33

diatribe

Answer 33

angry speech attacking someone

Question 34

din

Answer 34

loud, continuous noise

Question 35

disparate

Answer 35

different

Question 36

divest

Answer 36

to take something away from someone else

Question 37

dolt

Answer 37

stupid person

Question 38

dour

Answer 38

silent and gloomy. unfriendly

Question 39

duplicity

Answer 39

hypocrisy, deception