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2nd Semester Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vacuous | ADJ- empty; stupid; purposeless |
| Veracity | NOUN- truth |
| Waive | VERB- to voluntarily abandon a legal right; relinquish; postpone |
| Assail | VERB- attack with words or force |
| Wither | VERB- dry or shrivel up; lose life or energy |
| Xenophobia | NOUN- the fear or hatred of anything foreign |
| Yield | VERB- give up; give in |
| Yoke | VERB- to link; or join together; marry |
| Circumspect | ADJ- cautious |
| Zealot | NOUN- person with an extreme enthusiasm for a belief or activity; fanatic |
| Zenith | NOUN- the highest point; apex |
| Acrimony | NOUN- words or behavior filled with harshness or anger |
| Ambiguous | ADJ- unclear; vague; having several possible interpretations |
| Desultory | ADJ- lacking a plan; aimless |
| Beguile | VERB- to cheat or deceive; usually through charm; to amuse |
| Bequeath | VERB- to leave behind or hand down through a will; transmit |
| Capricious | ADJ- unpredictable |
| Evasive | ADJ- tending to avoid giving direct answers |
| Cloister | NOUN- secluded or isolated from the outside world; also, a place of seclusion |
| Defame | VERB- to say things harmful to a person's reputation; malign; vilify |
| Deride | VERB- make fun of; ridicule |
| Fulminate | VERB- to explode, either with sound or anger |
| Emulate | VERB- imitate |