Key Terms Group 5

Question 1

alloy (verb)

Answer 1

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

Question 2

appropriate (verb)

Answer 2

to take one’s own use; to confiscate

Question 3

arrest/arresting (verb/adjective)

Answer 3

to suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention: as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait

Question 4

august (adjective)

Answer 4

majestic, venerable

Question 5

bent (noun)

Answer 5

leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

Question 6

broach (verb)

Answer 6

to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about

Question 7

brook (verb)

Answer 7

to tolerate; to endure; to countenance

Question 8

cardinal (adjective)

Answer 8

major, as in cardinal sin

Question 9

chauvinist (noun)

Answer 9

a blindly devoted patriot

Question 10

color (verb)

Answer 10

to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect (usually the first)

Question 11

consequential (adjective)

Answer 11

pompous, self-important (primary definitions are: logically following; important)

Question 12

damp (verb)

Answer 12

to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

Question 13

die (noun)

Answer 13

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

Question 14

essay (verb)

Answer 14

to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

Question 15

exact (verb)

Answer 15

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

Question 16

fell (adjective)

Answer 16

inhumanely cruel

Question 17

fell (verb)

Answer 17

to cause to fall by striking

Question 18

flag (verb)

Answer 18

to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

Question 19

flip (adjective)

Answer 19

sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant; a flip remark

Question 20

ford (verb)

Answer 20

to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

Question 21

grouse (verb)

Answer 21

to complain or grumble

Question 22

guy (noun)

Answer 22

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

Question 23

intimate (verb)

Answer 23

to imply, suggest, or insinuate

Question 24

list (verb)

Answer 24

to tilt or lean to one side

Question 25

lumber (verb)

Answer 25

to move heavily and clumsily

Question 26

meet (adjective)

Answer 26

fitting, proper

Question 27

milk (verb)

Answer 27

to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

Question 28

mince (verb)

Answer 28

to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize; to speak too carefully; to take tiny steps; to tiptoe

Question 29

nice (adjective)

Answer 29

exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

Question 30

occult (adjective)

Answer 30

hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

Question 31

pedestrian (adjective)

Answer 31

commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

Question 32

pied (adjective)

Answer 32

multicolored, usually in blotches

Question 33

pine (verb)

Answer 33

to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn

Question 34

plastic (adjective)

Answer 34

moldable, pliable, not rigid

Question 35

pluck (noun)

Answer 35

courage, spunk, fortitude

Question 36

prize (verb)

Answer 36

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

Question 37

rail (verb)

Answer 37

to complain about bitterly

Question 38

rent (verb)

Answer 38

torn (past tense of rend); an opening or tear caused by such

Question 39

quail (verb)

Answer 39

to lose courage; to turn frightened

Question 40

qualify (verb)

Answer 40

to limit

Question 41

sap (verb)

Answer 41

to enervate or weaken the vitality of

Question 42

sap (noun)

Answer 42

a fool or nitwit

Question 43

scurvy (adjective)

Answer 43

contemptible, despicable

Question 44

singular (adjective)

Answer 44

exceptional, unusual, odd

Question 45

stand (noun)

Answer 45

a group of trees

Question 46

steep (verb)

Answer 46

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

Question 47

strut (noun)

Answer 47

the supporting structural cross-part of a wing

Question 48

table (verb)

Answer 48

to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

Question 49

tender (verb)

Answer 49

to proffer or offer

Question 50

waffle (verb)

Answer 50

to equivocate; to change one's position

Question 51

wag (noun)

Answer 51

wit, joker