Final Exam Vocabulary

Question 1

Extricate

Answer 1

set free

Question 2

Presumptuous

Answer 2

overconfident, arrogant

Question 3

Rash

Answer 3

thoughtless, reckless

Question 4

Remote

Answer 4

far from everything else

Question 5

Malicious

Answer 5

spiteful, hateful

Question 6

Devastating

Answer 6

destructive, overwhelming

Question 7

Perpetual

Answer 7

constant, unending

Question 8

Dispelled

Answer 8

driven away, made to disappear

Question 9

Evading

Answer 9

avoiding

Question 10

Elaboration

Answer 10

adding of more details

Question 11

Murmuring

Answer 11

making low, indistinct, continuous sounds

Question 12

Parallel

Answer 12

extending in the same direction and at the same distance apart

Question 13

Indispensable

Answer 13

absolutely necessary

Question 14

Herpetologist

Answer 14

someone who studies reptiles and amphibians

Question 15

Everglades

Answer 15

large region of marshes in southern Florida

Question 16

Coupe

Answer 16

small two door automobile

Question 17

Varmints

Answer 17

animals regarded as troublesome

Question 18

Desolate

Answer 18

lonely, solitary

Question 19

Arid

Answer 19

dry and barren

Question 20

Morality

Answer 20

the condition of being mortal or having to die eventually

Question 21

Outskirts

Answer 21

part of a district far from the center of a city

Question 22

Reeds

Answer 22

tall slender grasses that grow in marshy lands

Question 23

Goblets

Answer 23

bowl shaped drinking containers without handles

Question 24

Irrigation

Answer 24

supplying water with ditches, canals, or sprinklers

Question 25

Hernando Cortes

Answer 25

Spanish adventurer who conquered what is now central and southern Mexico

Question 26

Decreed

Answer 26

officially ordered

Question 27

Unanimous

Answer 27

based on complete agreement

Question 28

Routed

Answer 28

completely defeated