Vocab 11/12

Question 1

affront

Answer 1

to insult someone, embarrass, or offend

Question 2

Capitalist

Answer 2

a person who has invested money in a business

Question 3

Capitulation

Answer 3

surrender/end resistance

Question 4

Cerebral

Answer 4

related to the brain

Question 5

Cerebration

Answer 5

thinking (thinking on it)

Question 6

Confront

Answer 6

to stand directly in front/to face in defiance

Question 7

decapitate

Answer 7

to cut off the head of something/someone

Question 8

deface

Answer 8

to spoil the appearance or surface of something

Question 9

efface

Answer 9

to wipe out/obliterate/run out

Question 10

effrontery

Answer 10

insulting boldness/audacity

Question 11

facade

Answer 11

a face of a building

Question 12

facet

Answer 12

one of the sides of a cut stone/jewel

Question 13

precipice

Answer 13

a very steep cliff or rock

Question 14

precipitate

Answer 14

to throw down from a height

Question 15

recapitulation

Answer 15

the resentment of a main idea (restating thesis)

Question 16

disgorge

Answer 16

to throw up

Question 17

Gargantuan

Answer 17

HUGE

Question 18

Gargoyle

Answer 18

a carved human/animal statue

Question 19

gorge

Answer 19

A deep/narrow passage with rocky sides/between mountains

Question 20

indentation

Answer 20

to cut/notch

Question 21

indenture

Answer 21

a written contract between two people/binding contract

Question 22

inexorable

Answer 22

relentless/unyeilding

Question 23

oracle

Answer 23

a shine where the ancient greeks talked to gds

Question 24

oration

Answer 24

an address or speech given on special occasions

Question 25

orfice

Answer 25

a mouth/vent/opening

Question 26

orthodontist

Answer 26

teeth doctor

Question 27

osculate

Answer 27

to kiss

Question 28

regurgitate

Answer 28

to pour back/throw back up food (like birds do for babies)

Question 29

supercilious

Answer 29

disdainful/haughty/aloof

Question 30

trident

Answer 30

a three pronged fork/weapon