Final Exam Study Guide 2 - 2014

Question 1

husbandry

Answer 1

careful, thrifty management

Question 2

scorn

Answer 2

to reject or have contempt

Question 3

reprimand

Answer 3

to chastise

Question 4

incontinence

Answer 4

lack of self-restraint

Question 5

pandemonium

Answer 5

any place of noise, wild disorder, and confusion

Question 6

infamous

Answer 6

disgraceful; having a bad reputation

Question 7

allegory

Answer 7

a story in which people, things, and events have symbolic meaning

Question 8

flounder

Answer 8

to struggle to speak; to move or act in a confused manner

Question 9

blight

Answer 9

a destructive disease

Question 10

pestilence

Answer 10

a plague; an epidemic disease

Question 11

induced

Answer 11

persuaded; caused; to bring on

Question 12

invoke

Answer 12

to summon; to cause to appear

Question 13

countenance

Answer 13

the look on a person’s face

Question 14

malignant

Answer 14

very harmful; ill will

Question 15

plunder

Answer 15

to rob by force in warfare

Question 16

sacrosanct

Answer 16

very holy; sacred

Question 17

harrowed

Answer 17

distressed; tormented

Question 18

bereft

Answer 18

deprived or robbed

Question 19

implore

Answer 19

to beg; entreat earnestly

Question 20

lustrous

Answer 20

shining

Question 21

malicious

Answer 21

intention of doing harm

Question 22

putrid

Answer 22

rotten

Question 23

remorse

Answer 23

deep regret or guilt