Beyond the Key Terms 1

Question 1

alloy

Answer 1

to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed means pure

Question 2

appropriate

Answer 2

to take for one’s own use, to confiscate

Question 3

august

Answer 3

majestic, venerable

Question 4

bent

Answer 4

leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

Question 5

brook

Answer 5

to tolerate; to endure; to countenance

Question 6

chauvinist

Answer 6

a blindly devoted patriot

Question 7

consequential

Answer 7

pompous, self-important

Question 8

die

Answer 8

a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop

Question 9

essay

Answer 9

to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

Question 10

exact

Answer 10

to demand; to call for; to require; to take

Question 11

fell

Answer 11

inhumanely cruel

Question 12

flag

Answer 12

to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

Question 13

flip

Answer 13

sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remark

Question 14

grouse

Answer 14

to complain or grumble

Question 15

guy

Answer 15

a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy: think guide

Question 16

intimate

Answer 16

to imply, suggest, or insinuate

Question 17

list

Answer 17

to tilt or lean to one side

Question 18

lumber

Answer 18

to move heavily and clumsily

Question 19

meet

Answer 19

fitting, proper

Question 20

mince

Answer 20

to pronounce or speech affectedly; to euphemism, to speak too carefully; to take tiny steps, to tiptoe

Question 21

nice

Answer 21

exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

Question 22

occult

Answer 22

hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

Question 23

pedestrian

Answer 23

commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

Question 24

pied

Answer 24

multicolored, usually in blotches

Question 25

pine

Answer 25

to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn

Question 26

plastic

Answer 26

moldable, pliable, not rigidp

Question 27

pluck

Answer 27

courage, spunk, fortitude

Question 28

prize

Answer 28

to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils

Question 29

rent

Answer 29

torn; an opening or tear caused by such

Question 30

quail

Answer 30

to lose courage; to turn frightened

Question 31

qualify

Answer 31

to limit

Question 32

sap

Answer 32

to enervate or weaken the vitality of

Question 33

sap

Answer 33

a fool or nitwit

Question 34

scurvy

Answer 34

contemptible; despicable

Question 35

singular

Answer 35

exceptional, unusual, odd

Question 36

stand

Answer 36

a group of trees

Question 37

steep

Answer 37

to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep

Question 38

strut

Answer 38

the supporting structural cross-part of a wing

Question 39

wag

Answer 39

wit, joker