Unit 1-6: Definitions

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

To run off and hide

Question 2

Accomplice

Answer 2

A peron who takes part in a crime

Question 3

Adjourn

Answer 3

To stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place

Question 4

Admonish

Answer 4

To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

Question 5

Alien

Answer 5

A citizen of another country

Foreign, strange

Question 6

Altercation

Answer 6

An angry argument

Question 7

Anarchy

Answer 7

A lack of government and law; confusion

Question 8

Annihilate

Answer 8

To destroy completely

Question 9

Arduous

Answer 9

Hard to do, requiring much effort

Question 10

Atone

Answer 10

To make up for

Question 11

Auspicious

Answer 11

Favorable; fortunate

Question 12

Biased

Answer 12

Foavoring one side unduly; prejudice

Question 13

Bondage

Answer 13

Slavery; any state of being bound or held down

Question 14

Brigand

Answer 14

A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

Question 15

Catalyst

Answer 15

A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change

Question 16

Compensate

Answer 16

To make up for; to repay for services

Question 17

Condone

Answer 17

To pardon or overlook

Question 18

Credible

Answer 18

Believable

Question 19

Deadlock

Answer 19

A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fraction
To bring to such a standstill

Question 20

Debris

Answer 20

Scattered fragments, wreckage

Question 21

Diffuse

Answer 21

To spread or scatter freely or widely

Wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

Question 22

Dilemma

Answer 22

A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

Question 23

Disentangle

Answer 23

To free from tangles or complications

Question 24

Erratic

Answer 24

Not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable

Question 25

Exorcise

Answer 25

To drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

Question 26

Fodder

Answer 26

Food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

Question 27

Illegible

Answer 27

Difficult or impossible to read

Question 28

Impoverished

Answer 28

Poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

Question 29

Incessant

Answer 29

Never stopping, going on all the time

Question 30

Incorrigible

Answer 30

Not able to be corrected; beyond control

Question 31

Intrepid

Answer 31

Very brave, fearless, unshakable

Question 32

Larceny

Answer 32

Theft

Question 33

Latent

Answer 33

Hidden, present but not realized

Question 34

Lucid

Answer 34

Easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

Question 35

Marauder

Answer 35

A raider, plunderer

Question 36

Mediocre

Answer 36

Average, ordinary, undistinguished

Question 37

Militant

Answer 37

Given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause An activist

Question 38

Opaque

Answer 38

Not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense stupid

Question 39

Pauper

Answer 39

An extremely poor person

Question 40

Perennial

Answer 40

Lasting for a long time, persistent | A plant that lives for many years

Question 41

Prattle

Answer 41

To talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble | Baby talk; babble

Question 42

Prim

Answer 42

Overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

Question 43

Proliferate

Answer 43

To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

Question 44

Rebut

Answer 44

To offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute

Question 45

Rectify

Answer 45

To make right, correct

Question 46

Sardonic

Answer 46

Exceeding what is sufficent or required, excess

Question 47

Semblance

Answer 47

A likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition

Question 48

Slapdash

Answer 48

Careless and hasty

Question 49

Stagant

Answer 49

Not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull

Question 50

Supplant

Answer 50

To take the place of, supersede

Question 51

Tenacious

Answer 51

Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

Question 52

Trite

Answer 52

Commonplace; overused, stale