Vocab Chapter 4

Question 0

Amelioration

Answer 0

Improvement

Ant. Degradation

Question 1

Ameliorate

Answer 1

Become better 
Make better
Improve
Enhance 
Ant. Worsen

Question 2

Conserve

Answer 2

Keep from waste loss or decay save

Ant. Waste

Question 3

Detriment

Answer 3

Injury damage or something that causes it A disadvantage

Ant. Advantage

Question 4

Exotic

Answer 4

Introduced from another country foreign

Ant. Native indigenous

Question 5

Folly

Answer 5

Lack of good sense foolish action or untainted

Ant. Wisdom

Question 6

Formerly

Answer 6

In an earlier period previously

Question 7

Harmony

Answer 7

Peaceable or friendly relations Accord agreement tranquility concord
Ant. Conflict disharmony

Question 8

Ignore

Answer 8

Refuse to take notice of disregard

Ant. Heed

Question 9

Impediment

Answer 9

Something that hinders or obstructs hinderance obstacle

Ant. Aid

Question 10

Indolent

Answer 10

Disposed to avoid exertion lazy idle lethargic

Ant industrious

Question 11

Intact

Answer 11

Untouched by anything that damages or diminishes

Ant imperfect

Question 12

Invalid

Answer 12

Not binding in law having no force or effect void migratory

Question 13

Noncarinogenic

Answer 13

Not producing cancer

Ant carcinogenic

Question 14

Parsimonious

Answer 14

Unduly sparing in the spending of money Stingy. Miserly. Tightfisted
Ant generous

Question 15

Raze

Answer 15

Destroy utterly by tearing down demolish level

Ant erect

Question 16

Reticent

Answer 16

Inclined to be silent or secretive. Uncommunicative Reserved
Ant frank

Question 17

Retire

Answer 17

Withdraw from active duty or business

Go to bed ant rise

Question 18

Retort

Answer 18

Answer reply sharply or angrily

Ant ask

Question 19

Subvert

Answer 19

Overturn or overthrow from the foundation undermine

Ant uphold

Question 20

Subversion

Answer 20

Sabotage undermining

Question 21

Tractable

Answer 21

Easily led. Taught. Or controlled yielding docile amenable

Ant unruly Intractable

Question 22

Tractability

Answer 22

Obedience

Question 23

Baffle

Answer 23

Bewilder. Perplex. Fill with confusion Puzzle. Frustrate

Question 24

Cinema

Answer 24

Movies. Motion picture industry

Question 25

Despise

Answer 25

Look down on with contempt or disgust Loathe. Regard as inferior Ant admire

Question 26

Despicable

Answer 26

Worthy of contempt Contemptible | Ant laudable

Question 27

Ebullient

Answer 27

Overflowing with enthusiasm Exuberant. Effervescent. High spirited vivacious

Question 28

Ebullience

Answer 28

Exuberance

Question 29

Exaggerate

Answer 29

Overstate. Go beyond the limits of the actual truth Magnify Ant minimize

Question 30

Exhort

Answer 30

Arouse by words. Advise strongly Urge

Question 31

Expertise

Answer 31

Specialized skill or technical knowledge know-how

Question 32

Finicky

Answer 32

Excessively concerned with trifles or details hard to please fussy particular Fastidious Persnickety

Question 33

Gall

Answer 33

Make sore. Irritate mentally Annoy Vex

Question 34

Gall noun

Answer 34

Brazen boldness nerve | Any meekness

Question 35

Inane

Answer 35

Lacking significant or sense pointless silly insipid. Jejune. Vapid Ant deep profound

Question 36

Indemnify

Answer 36

Compensate for loss. Damage or. Injury. Reimburse. Repay

Question 37

Occident

Answer 37

West. Countries of America and Europe

Question 38

Peruse

Answer 38

Read. Look at fairly attentively study

Question 39

Perusal

Answer 39

Reading study

Question 40

Scuffle

Answer 40

Struggle at close quarters In rough and confused manner. Wrestle. Grapple

Question 41

Spurn

Answer 41

Thrust aside with disdain or contempt Reject

Question 42

Stipend

Answer 42

Fixed pay for services. Salary. Regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner

Question 43

Surveillance

Answer 43

Close watch over a person Group or area. Supervision

Question 44

Tepid

Answer 44

Moderately warm. Lukewarm

Question 45

Wager

Answer 45

Risk on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event gamble Bet

Question 46

Wane

Answer 46

Decrease in power or size Dwindle decline Sink | Ant wax

Question 47

Abhorrent

Answer 47

Loathsome. Repugnant odious Abominable | Ant admirable

Question 48

Admonish

Answer 48

Reprove gently but seriously warn of a fault Caution

Question 49

Admonition

Answer 49

Gentle warning. Friendly reproof

Question 50

Ambrosial

Answer 50

Extremely pleasing to taste or smell. Delicious. Liek ambrosia Heavenly

Question 51

Confine

Answer 51

Shut up. Imprision. Keep In a narrow cramped quarters

Question 52

Decade

Answer 52

10 years

Question 53

Ephemeral

Answer 53

Lasting one day only Fleeting. Transitory. Short lived transient. Ant permanent. Perpetual

Question 54

Gullible

Answer 54

Easily deceived or cheated Credulous | Ant astute

Question 55

Gull

Answer 55

Deceive cheat

Question 56

Haggle

Answer 56

Dispute or argue over a price

Question 57

Immerse

Answer 57

Engross

Question 58

Probe

Answer 58

Critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity investigation

Question 59

Render

Answer 59

Hand down officially. Deliver Give

Question 60

Repast

Answer 60

food for one occasion of eating meal

Question 61

Score

Answer 61

Group or set of twenty

Question 62

Snub

Answer 62

Treat with disdain or contempt Slight

Question 63

Suture

Answer 63

Strand or fiber used to see parts of the living body Also stitch made with such material

Question 64

Unwittingly

Answer 64

Unintentionally By accident. Inadvertently. Unknowingly