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Vocabulary U3
Unit Three from Vocabulary for the High School Student
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is cache? | A hiding place to store something. |
| What is commend? | to praise or mention favorably |
| commendable | praisworthy or laudable |
| cur | worthless dog |
| despotic | domineering, autocratic, dictatorial |
| despotism | tyranny, dictatorship |
| dispute | argue about, debate |
| disputatious | argumentative |
| edifice | large impressive bulding |
| era | historical period, time or age |
| initiate | begin, introduce, put to ceremony to become part of |
| multitude | very large number or people of things |
| multitudinous | many, numerous |
| perceive | become aware of |
| perception | idea, conception |
| portal | (usually plural) door, entrance |
| reserved | restrained in speech or action, unsociable |
| restrain | hold back |
| retract | draw back, take back |
| spineless | having no backbone. weak. indecisive. |
| stroll | leisurely walk |
| timorous | full of fear, afraid, timid |
| tuition | payment for instruction |
| version | translation, account, or desciption from one point of view |