vocab 10

Question 1

advocate

Answer 1

to plead in favor of; to defend

Question 2

atrocity

Answer 2

an act of great cruelty and wickedness

Question 3

commemorate

Answer 3

to serve as a memorial to; to remember in a solemn manner

Question 4

dialect

Answer 4

a form of a language spoken in a certain geographical region

Question 5

dire

Answer 5

having terrible consequences; urgent or desperate

Question 6

elite

Answer 6

a group that enjoys superior status to others

Question 7

enhance

Answer 7

to make greater or better

Question 8

flagrant

Answer 8

clearly offensive or bad; conspicuously acting against what is right

Question 9

languish

Answer 9

to lose hope, strength or vitality because of neglect of bad conditions

Question 10

mute

Answer 10

to soften or tone down the sound of

Question 11

raze

Answer 11

to level to the ground; to destroy completely

Question 12

reprisal

Answer 12

a retaliation for an injury

Question 13

turmoil

Answer 13

a state of confusion or agitation; tumult

Question 14

wreak

Answer 14

to bring about or inflict

to express or vent

Question 15

bonus word j

Answer 15

juxtapose

whenever people or things are placed side by side

Question 16

abject

Answer 16

most miserable; wretched