Vocab Chp.4

Question 1

espionage

Answer 1

(n) the practice of using spies

Question 2

instigate

Answer 2

(v) to urge on, stir up, goad

Question 3

hamper

Answer 3

(v) to obstruct, block, impede, interfere with, hinder

Question 4

alliance

Answer 4

(n) a union, association, connection

Question 5

bombard

Answer 5

(v) to shell

Question 6

lapse

Answer 6

(n) a slight error, a slip, fall, decline, a passing of time

Question 7

impoverish

Answer 7

(v) to make poor, reduce to poverty

Question 8

excavate

Answer 8

(v) to dig out, hollow out, unearth

Question 9

deem

Answer 9

(v) to consider, believe, think

Question 10

unruly

Answer 10

(adj) wild, disorderly, uncontrollable

Question 11

infiltrate

Answer 11

(v) to pass into or through by filtering

Question 12

humility

Answer 12

(n) modesty, lack of pride, humbleness

Question 13

dispatch

Answer 13

(v) to send, send away; to get through or done; to kill

Question 14

civility

Answer 14

(n) politeness, courtesy

Question 15

raucous

Answer 15

(adj) harsh, hoarse, grating