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Test 3rd Qtr
Alexander
| 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 |
| Eccentric | ADJ- different from most, especially in personality or behavior |
| Fallacious | ADJ- false; misleading |
| Frugal | ADJ- careful with money; thrifty |
| Gregarious | ADJ- sociable; extroverted; enjoying companionship |
| Glutton | NOUN- a person who consumes huge quantities of food or drink; someone with great endurance |
| Heresy | NOUN- an opinion expressed in defiance of generally accepted ideas |
| Homage | NOUN- respect paid to someone or something; tribute; honor |
| Imminent | ADJ- about to take place; happening soon |
| Incongrous | ADJ- out of place |
| Ingenuous | ADJ- naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced |
| Impair | VERB- weaken in strength or value |
| Indigent | ADJ- very poor |
| Intractable | ADJ- stubborn; immovable |
| Jeopardy | NOUN- the threat or possibility of danger |
| Juxtapose | VERB- to place side-by-side |
| Marred | ADJ- spoiled; scratched; blemished |
| Meager | ADJ- small in size or amount; thin; weak |
| Laconic | ADJ- quiet; of few words; tense |
| Levity | NOUN- lightness; playfulness; jocularity |