soph list 22

Question 1

Accumulate

Answer 1

gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of:

Question 2

Balk

Answer 2

hesitate or be unwilling to accept

Question 3

Beguile

Answer 3

charm or enchant (someone)

Question 4

Compassion

Answer 4

sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others

Question 5

Contravene

Answer 5

violate the prohibition or order of (a law, treaty, or code of conduct)

Question 6

Deity

Answer 6

a god or goddess

Question 7

Exact

Answer 7

not approximated in any way; precise

Question 8

Immobile

Answer 8

not moving

Question 9

Lineament

Answer 9

distinctive feature or characteristic

Question 10

Plagiarism

Answer 10

the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own

Question 11

Portage

Answer 11

a port city in northwestern Indiana

Question 12

Secede

Answer 12

withdraw formally from membership in a federal union

Question 13

Senile

Answer 13

having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age

Question 14

Sustenance

Answer 14

food and drink regarded as a source of strength

Question 15

Turgid

Answer 15

swollen and distended or congested