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English Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alumni (pl. noun) | 1. a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university 2. a former associate, employee, member, or the like |
| Amphibian (noun) | any cold-blooded vertebrae that lives both on land and water, such as frogs |
| Arbitrary (adj.) | based on personal whim |
| Bandy (verb/adj.) | verb- to exchange, to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take adj.- bowlegged, (of legs) having a bend or crook outward |
| Credence (noun) | belief in what another says, belief as to the truth of something |
| Cull (verb) | to pick out, to choose |
| Exorbitant (adj.) | too much or too great, excessive |
| Gullible (adj.) | easily deceived or cheated |
| Intrepid (adj.) | fearless |
| Pander (verb) | to offer cheap satisfaction |
| Reprehensible (adj.) | deserving of rebuke or censure; blameworthy |
| Restitution (noun) | a making up, the restoration of property or rights previously taken away |
| Resurgent (adj.) | rising again, reviving |
| Titillate (verb) | to excite or arouse pleasurably |
| Transpose (verb) | 1. to reverse the order of 2. (music) to write in a different key |