Vocab 24

Question 1

Paradigm

Answer 1

something serving as a model or ideal

Question 2

Unscathed

Answer 2

unharmed, uninjured, untouched

Question 3

Iconoclast

Answer 3

one who criticizes established ideas or traditions

Question 4

Kindle

Answer 4

to start burning; to spark interest or curiosity

Question 5

Elaborate

Answer 5

to spell out specifically; in detail

Question 6

Tacit

Answer 6

understood though not spoken; silent

Question 7

Assidious

Answer 7

marked by careful, diligent attention

Question 8

Insidious

Answer 8

dangerous but appealing

Question 9

Peripheral

Answer 9

around the edge or periphery

Question 10

Deter

Answer 10

to hinder or prevent from acting; to inhabit, turn aside or discourage

Question 11

Propensity

Answer 11

strong natural leaning or preference

Question 12

Tenuous

Answer 12

slight and insubstantial; flimsy, weak

Question 13

Extenuating

Answer 13

mitigating; reducing in severity or importance

Question 14

Discord

Answer 14

lack of agreement or harmony

Question 15

Precipitate

Answer 15

to cause to begin in an abrupt manner

Question 16

Unethical

Answer 16

lacking in moral principles

Question 17

TEND/TNES/TENT

Answer 17

to stretch

Question 18

SED/SESS/SID

Answer 18

to sit or be still