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Vocabulary Unit 16
Pre-AP
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blockade | (noun)the closing off of an area by enemy ships or troops; any obstruction of hindrance; (verb) to obstruct or hinder |
| confiscate | (verb) to sieze by authority |
| generate | (verb) to produce or bring into being |
| indelible | (adj.) unerasable; permanent |
| neutral | (adj.)taking no sides; belonging to neither extreme in type, kind, ect.; having little color; (Noun) a nation that takes no side; a disengaged position of gears |
| obscure | (adj.) not clear; not well known; hidden dark; (verb) to make dim; to conceal |
| pewter | (noun) a dull gray alloy of tin with lead, copper, and other materials |
| quaint | (adj.) attractively old-fashioned; unusual, curious, fanciful |
| quench | (verb) to put out (a fire or light); to end or destroy by satisfying or cooling; to cool; hot metal by thrusting into water |
| urgent | (adj.) calling for hast or immediate action; pressing or insistent |