Lesson 7/8 vocab

Question 1

Tirade

Answer 1

A long angry speech

Question 2

Vagrant

Answer 2

A person who has no home or employment

Question 3

Assimilate

Answer 3

Absorb into the prevailing culture; to absorb into the mind, learn

Question 4

Inundate

Answer 4

To fill with and overwhelming abundance; to overwhelm

Question 5

Sprightly

Answer 5

Full of spirit and vitality; in a lively animated manner

Question 6

Meander

Answer 6

To wind and turn while proceeding in a course; to wander about

Question 7

Apex

Answer 7

The highest point; on a mountain

Question 8

Momentous

Answer 8

Very significant

Question 9

Exorbitant

Answer 9

Exceeding all bounds; unreasonably high or excessive

Question 10

Shoddy

Answer 10

Poor quality or craft

Question 11

Pensive

Answer 11

Deep in thought

Question 12

Adieu

Answer 12

A farewell or goodbye

Question 13

Bogus

Answer 13

Counterfeit or fake

Question 14

Perilous

Answer 14

Full of or involving danger

Question 15

interim

Answer 15

time between acts or periods

Question 16

Advent

Answer 16

the coming of any important change, event, state, or personage

Question 17

Metropolis

Answer 17

A chief city, capital or largest most important city of a state

Question 18

Obstreperous

Answer 18

Noisy and stubbornly defiant; boisterous

Question 19

Malign

Answer 19

To speak evil of, to do so falsely and severely, to bad mouth

Question 20

Surly

Answer 20

Grumpy and bad tempered

Question 21

Warp

Answer 21

An abnormal condition, state, or quality, an irregularity; (v.) To turn or twist out of shape

Question 22

Venture

Answer 22

A risky or dangerous undertaking; (v.) To expose to danger or risk

Question 23

Assurance

Answer 23

Freedom form Doubt

Question 24

Liability

Answer 24

Something that holds one back; A handicap

Question 25

Rejuvenate

Answer 25

To restore to youth; To renew

Question 26

Asylum

Answer 26

A place offering protection and safety; A shelter

Question 27

Preposterous

Answer 27

Utterly ridiculous or absurd

Question 28

Realm

Answer 28

A field of study, a kingdom

Question 29

Console

Answer 29

(n.) A central control panel for a mechanical or electronic system; (v.) To comfort, to give emotional support

Question 30

Rabid

Answer 30

Raging, uncontrollable; Extremely enthusiastic, fanatical

Question 31

Sterling

Answer 31

Of the highest quality

Question 32

Dilate

Answer 32

To enlarge in all directions

Question 33

Remunerate

Answer 33

To compensate for; To make payment for

Question 34

Pugnacious

Answer 34

Fond of fighting; Quarrelsome

Question 35

Institute

Answer 35

An association organized to promote art, science or education; (v.) To establish, organize and set in operation, to begin

Question 36

dross

Answer 36

Waste, debris, garbage

Question 37

Flippant

Answer 37

Lacking proper respect or seriousness; Disrespectful

Question 38

Dwindle

Answer 38

To diminish or become less

Question 39

Immunity

Answer 39

Exemption from normal legal duties, penalties, or liabilities; Resistance to disease

Question 40

Sparse

Answer 40

Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; Not thick or dense