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Vocabulary Set B5
evanescent-expiate
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| evince | v. To make manifest or evident. | Although she maintained she was calm, her hands <i>evinced</i> how unsettled she was. |
| execrable | adj. Abominable. | I find it absolutely <i>execrable</i> that we would be treated this way. |
| exigent | adj. Urgent. | It would require <i>exigent</i> circumstances to authorize this subpeona. |
| expiate | v. To make satisfaction or amends for. | He spent years working in his community to <i>expiate</i> the guilt of his misdeeds as a youth. |
| evanescent | adj. Fleeting. | Though <i>evanescent</i>, Jill appreciated whatever shade the fast moving clouds could provide on such a hot day. |