vocab 9

Question 1

acquit

Answer 1

to behave in a certain manner; not guilty

Question 2

affluent

Answer 2

having a lot of money/possesions of value

Question 3

almsgiver

Answer 3

a person who gives to poor people

Question 4

animosity

Answer 4

a feeling of ill will;hostility

Question 5

benefactor

Answer 5

person who helps (financially)

Question 6

buttress

Answer 6

support of stone/brick; reinforce, make stronger

Question 7

conceit

Answer 7

excessive pride

Question 8

conspicous

Answer 8

obvious

Question 9

definitive

Answer 9

final

Question 10

exonerate

Answer 10

free from guilt

Question 11

humane

Answer 11

showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement

Question 12

inaninamte

Answer 12

not living

Question 13

inauspicious

Answer 13

not favorable

Question 14

insipid

Answer 14

dull; not pleasing; lacking significance

Question 15

litigent

Answer 15

a party ti a lawsuit

Question 16

mendicant

Answer 16

practicing beggary; begger

Question 17

peripatetic

Answer 17

Aristotle; travel on foot

Question 18

philanthropist

Answer 18

someone who makes chartiable donations to increase human well-being

Question 19

philistine

Answer 19

smug, ignorant, indifferent to cultutral vlies; person uninterested in intelectual pursuits

Question 20

philopsher

Answer 20

calm, cool

Question 21

pragmatist

Answer 21

person who takes practical approahces

Question 22

proselyte

Answer 22

a new convert (as to a faith/cause)

Question 23

protege

Answer 23

a person who receives support and protection frim an influential [atron who furthers the proteges carrer

Question 24

recdivist

Answer 24

someone lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior; someone who is repeayly arrested for criminal behabior

Question 25

recreant

Answer 25

having deserted a principle; fearful; disloya;

Question 26

recuperative

Answer 26

recupe; help you go back to normal

Question 27

serentity

Answer 27

free from stress