Vocab (3, 4 & 5)

Question 1

Sordid

Answer 1

Filthy/corrupt
She was raised in such sordid surroundings

Question 2

Discreet

Answer 2

Tactful
Please be discreet about what I just told you

Question 3

Exodus

Answer 3

Mass departure
Moses led the exodus from Egypt

Question 4

Denotation

Answer 4

The dictionary definition

Question 5

Connotation

Answer 5

The feeling of the word

Question 6

Imbibed

Answer 6

Drank (connotation: it was alcohol)
The guests imbibed too much at the party

Question 7

hew

Answer 7

cut (past: hewn)

Question 8

illustrious

Answer 8

Famous (think luster)
She was cured by the illustrious surgeon from Stanford.

Question 9

Wanton

Answer 9

Immoral
She was arrested for her wanton acts.

Question 10

Impart

Answer 10

Make known
Teachers love to impart knowledge to their students.

Question 11

Wiles

Answer 11

Tricks
The babysitter tried all of her wiles to make the kids sleep.

Question 12

Espouses

Answer 12

Supports
He’s happy to espouse the climate change plan

Question 13

Root: culp

Answer 13

blame

Question 14

Piscayne

Answer 14

trivial
I don’t worry about such piscayne details

Question 15

Superficial

Answer 15

Shallow

Question 16

Bestial

Answer 16

animal-like
She abhors his bestial behavior

Question 17

Heinous

Answer 17

Awful

Question 18

Blase

Answer 18

Indifferent
He has won so many times he is blase about each tournament.

Question 19

Banal

Answer 19

Commonplace
I am not excited by his banal ideas.

Question 20

Exonerated

Answer 20

Cleared
His alibi exonerated him

Question 21

Prosaic

Answer 21

Commonplace