7-9 vocab

Question 1

What is the definition of ‘attribute’?

Answer 1

A quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something.

Question 2

What does ‘convey’ mean?

Answer 2

To transport or transmit; to communicate, make known, or transfer ownership or title to.

Question 3

Define ‘exotic’.

Answer 3

Foreign; charming, unfamiliar, or strikingly unusual.

Question 4

What does ‘haggard’ refer to?

Answer 4

Thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild looking.

Question 5

What is a ‘juncture’?

Answer 5

A joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time.

Question 6

Define ‘menial’.

Answer 6

Lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; a person who does humble and unpleasant tasks.

Question 7

What does ‘perry’ mean?

Answer 7

To ward off, fend off, invade, or avoid; a defensive moment in fencing and other sports.

Question 8

What is meant by ‘tawdry’?

Answer 8

Showy and flashy but lacking in good taste.

Question 9

Define ‘turncoat’.

Answer 9

A person who switches to an opposing side or party.

Question 10

What does ‘wallow’ mean?

Answer 10

To roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; having abundance; a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath.

Question 11

What is the ‘acme’?

Answer 11

The highest point.

Question 12

Define ‘belittle’.

Answer 12

To make something appear smaller than it is; to refer in a way that suggests lack of importance or value.

Question 13

What is a ‘doctrine’?

Answer 13

A belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles.

Question 14

What does ‘excise’ mean?

Answer 14

To remove by cutting; an indirect tax on the manufacturer, sale, or distribution of goods.

Question 15

Define ‘jaunting’.

Answer 15

Lively, easy, and carefree manner; smart or trim in appearance.

Question 16

What is ‘predatory’?

Answer 16

Praying on, plundering, or practical.

Question 17

What does ‘ravage’ mean?

Answer 17

To destroy, lay waste, ruin; ruinous damage or destruction.

Question 18

Define ‘stance’.

Answer 18

A way of holding the body; an attribute or position on an issue.

Question 19

What does ‘unassuming’ mean?

Answer 19

Not putting on airs; modest.

Question 20

What does it mean to ‘waver’?

Answer 20

To move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision.

Question 21

What does ‘abut’ refer to?

Answer 21

To join at one end or be next to; to support or prop up.

Question 22

Define ‘attire’.

Answer 22

Clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck.

Question 23

What is a ‘crony’?

Answer 23

A very close friend, chum, or buddy.

Question 24

What does ‘divergent’ mean?

Answer 24

Joining in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention.

Question 25

Define 'gaunt'.

Answer 25

Thin and bony; starving looking; bare or barren.

Question 26

What does 'nullify' mean?

Answer 26

To make of no value or consequence; to cancel or wipe out.

Question 27

What does 'plummet' mean?

Answer 27

To plunge straight down; a weight fastened to a line.

Question 28

Define 'rankle'.

Answer 28

To cause anger, irritation, or bitterness.

Question 29

What is a 'scavenger'?

Answer 29

A person who collects or removes unusable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies.

Question 30

What does 'stoical' mean?

Answer 30

Feeling little or no emotion in response to pleasure or pain.

Question 31

What does 'avail' mean?

Answer 31

To be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of.

Question 32

Define 'cryptic'.

Answer 32

Puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic.

Question 33

What is 'enmity'?

Answer 33

Energy, hatred, or ill will.

Question 34

Define 'fervent'.

Answer 34

Very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot.

Question 35

What does 'infiltrate' mean?

Answer 35

To pass through or gain entrance gradually or stealthily.

Question 36

What does 'perceptible' mean?

Answer 36

Capable of being grasped by the senses or mind.

Question 37

What does 'proclaim' mean?

Answer 37

To declare publicly or officially.

Question 38

Define 'proxy'.

Answer 38

An agent, substance, or written permission allowing one person to act in another's place.

Question 39

What does 'stint' refer to?

Answer 39

To limit; to be sparing or frugal; a limit or restriction.

Question 40

What does 'unflagging' mean?

Answer 40

Tireless; continuing with vigor.

Question 42

What does 'awry' mean?

Answer 42

In a turned or twisted position or direction.

Question 43

What is a 'bludgeon'?

Answer 43

A short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point.

Question 44

What does 'chafe' mean?

Answer 44

To warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction; an injury caused by rubbing.

Question 45

What does 'dire' mean?

Answer 45

Dreadful; causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble.

Question 46

What does 'encroach' mean?

Answer 46

To advance beyond the usual or proper limit; to trespass.

Question 47

What does 'fend' mean?

Answer 47

To ward off; resist; to get along; manage.

Question 48

What is 'mien'?

Answer 48

Air or manner; appearance or expression.

Question 49

What does 'predominant' mean?

Answer 49

The greatest in strength or power; most common.

Question 50

What is a 'recluse'?

Answer 50

A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world.

Question 51

What does 'specific' mean?

Answer 51

A special or particular; clearly presented or stated.

Question 52

What does 'apt' mean?

Answer 52

Suitable; fitting; likely; quick to learn.

Question 53

What does 'capitulate' mean?

Answer 53

To end resistance; give up; throw in the towel.

Question 54

What does 'defile' mean?

Answer 54

To make clean or dirty; destroy the purity.

Question 55

What does 'disarming' mean?

Answer 55

Charming; tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion.

Question 56

What does 'disgruntled' mean?

Answer 56

In bad humor; disconnected; annoyed.

Question 57

What does 'endow' mean?

Answer 57

To furnish; equip; provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality.

Question 58

What does 'impunity' mean?

Answer 58

Freedom from punishment.

Question 59

What does 'pertinent' mean?

Answer 59

Related to the matter at hand; to the point.

Question 60

What is a 'prodigy'?

Answer 60

Something wonderful or marvelous; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent.

Question 61

What does 'renowned' mean?

Answer 61

Fame or glory.