Chapter 2.3 Vocab

Question 1

abhorrent

Answer 1

(adj) in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable

Question 2

admonish

Answer 2

(v) reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault; caution

Question 3

ambrosial

Answer 3

(adj) extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia; heavenly

Question 4

confine

Answer 4

(v) shut up; imprison; keep in narrow, cramped quarters

Question 5

decade

Answer 5

(n) period of ten years

Question 6

detonate

Answer 6

(v) explode with suddenness and violence; cause something to explode

Question 7

ephemeral

Answer 7

(adj) lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short-lived

Question 8

gullible

Answer 8

(adj) easily deceived or cheated; credulous

Question 9

haggle

Answer 9

(v) dispute or argue over a price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle

Question 10

immerse

Answer 10

plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck; engross; absorb

Question 11

insomnia

Answer 11

(n) inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness

Question 12

lapse

Answer 12

(n) slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault; interval

Question 13

probe

Answer 13

(n) critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation

Question 14

render

Answer 14

(v) hand down officially; deliver (as a verdict); give

Question 15

repast

Answer 15

(n) food for one occasion of eating; meal

Question 16

replenish

Answer 16

(v) bring back to condition of being full; refill

Question 17

score

Answer 17

(n) a group or set of twenty

Question 18

snub

Answer 18

(n) act or instance of snubbing; rebuff; slight; insult

Question 19

suture

Answer 19

(n) strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also a stitch

Question 20

unwittingly

Answer 20

(adv) unintentionally; by accident; unknowingly