Non-Social Studies Words

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

Renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, responsibility etc.

Question 2

Absolve

Answer 2

to free from guilt or blame or their consequences:

Question 3

Accord

Answer 3

An agreement

Question 4

Adherence

Answer 4

the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment

Question 5

Admonish

Answer 5

to caution, advise, or counsel against something

Question 6

Advocate

Answer 6

Speak out for something

Question 7

Apathy

Answer 7

Loss of emotion/ passion for

Question 8

Arbitrate

Answer 8

decide between opposing or contending parties or sides.

Question 9

Ascribe

Answer 9

to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:

Question 10

Audacity

Answer 10

boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.

Question 11

Bestow

Answer 11

to present as gift

Question 12

ceded

Answer 12

to yield or formally surrender to another:

Question 13

censure

Answer 13

strong or vehement expression of disapproval

Question 14

coffer

Answer 14

a box or chest, especially one for valuables.

Question 15

comprehensive

Answer 15

of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive:

Question 16

conciliation

Answer 16

a method of helping the parties in a dispute to reach agreement,

Question 17

contentious

Answer 17

tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome:

Question 18

contravene

Answer 18

to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose

Question 19

cyclical

Answer 19

of or denoting a business or stock whose income, value, or earnings fluctuate widely according to variations in the economy or thecycle of the seasons:

Question 20

cynical

Answer 20

distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic of a cynic.