Vocab 14

Question 1

Desecrate

Verbs

Answer 1

To treat with violent disrespect, to vista

Question 2

Implicit

Adj

Answer 2

Implied though not plainly expressed

Question 3

Reclamation

Noun

Answer 3

The process of retrieving or recovering

Question 4

Revile

Verb

Answer 4

To criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

Question 5

Foible

Noun

Answer 5

A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character

Question 6

Immutable

Adj

Answer 6

Unchanging over time or unable to be changed

Question 7

Complicity

Noun

Answer 7

The state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing

Question 8

Aural

Adj

Answer 8

Of or relating to the ear or the sense of hearing

Question 9

Debase

Verb

Answer 9

To lower the moral character of something

Question 10

Unsullied

Adj

Answer 10

Not spoiled or made impure

Question 11

Patently

Adj

Answer 11

Clearly; without doubt

Question 12

Foist

Verb

Answer 12

To impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on

Question 13

Contrive

Verb

Answer 13

To create or bring about by deliberate use of skill and artifice

Question 14

Stultify

Verb

Answer 14

To cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine; to cause someone to appear foolish or absurd

Question 15

Dissipation

Noun

Answer 15

A wasting by misuse, dissolute way of living, especially excessive drinking of liquor

Question 16

Ornery

Adj

Answer 16

Bad-tempered and combative

Question 17

Pervade

Verb

Answer 17

To spread through and be perceived in every part of

Question 18

Peripheral

Adj

Answer 18

Of secondary or minor importance

Question 19

Chafe

Verb

Answer 19

To become sore as a result of abrasive rubbing

Question 20

Passivity

Noun

Answer 20

Accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance