English Week 15 Vocabulary

Question 1

Of doubtful authenticity

Answer 1

Apocryphal

Question 2

To persuade with flattery or gentle urging; false promises

Answer 2

Cajole

Question 3

A standard on which a judgment or decision must be based

Answer 3

Criterion

Question 4

To expose the sham or falseness of

Answer 4

Debunk

Question 5

An often restless or transitory warmth of feeling

Answer 5

Ardor

Question 6

A formal decree, solemn agreement, something that makes an oath binding

Answer 6

Sanction

Question 7

designed or intended to teach

Answer 7

Didactic

Question 8

A gentle disposition, harmless

Answer 8

Benign

Question 9

Removed or distant, either physically or emotionally

Answer 9

Aloof

Question 10

Exceptionally early in development or occurrence

Answer 10

Precocious

Question 11

To act together to a common end or single effect

Answer 11

Concur

Question 12

To represent by or as if by a picture

Answer 12

Depict

Question 13

Being at once relevant and appropriate

Answer 13

Germane

Question 14

Practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipline

Answer 14

Ascetic

Question 15

Lacking significance

Answer 15

Inane

Question 16

To utter or make meaningless sounds as if to babble

Answer 16

Prattle

Question 17

Exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes

Answer 17

Contentious

Question 18

The act of being lenient

Answer 18

Clemency

Question 19

Difficult to comprehend

Answer 19

Abstruse

Question 20

To kill with poison

Answer 20

Bane