Vocab Lesson 4

Question 1

Censure

Answer 1

v. To criticize sharply

Congress voted to censure the young congressman because of his unethical behavior.

syn. Blame, condemn, reproach
ant. Praise applaud

Question 2

Cessation

Answer 2

A stopping; a discontinuance

Question 3

Chaff

Answer 3

n. Worthless matter

Give me just the facts, separate the wheat from the chaff.

Question 4

Chagrin

Answer 4

n. Embarrassment; a complete loss of courage

She had never felt such chagrin as the time when she fell into the mud puddle in front of her fiancée’s family.

Question 5

Chimerical

Answer 5

adj. imaginary, fantastic

Question 6

Coalesce

Answer 6

v. To blend, to merge

Question 7

Debacle

Answer 7

n. A complete failure, a total collapse

After reading the reviews, the actors knew the play was a debacle and would close in one night.

Question 8

Debauchery

Answer 8

n. Corruption; self-indulgence

He lived in a life sink in sin and debauchery.

Question 9

Deference

Answer 9

n. Respect; consideration

In deference to the young widow, we moved quietly aside and allowed her to leave first.

Question 10

Defile

Answer 10

v. To pollute, to corrupt

Question 11

Deign

Answer 11

v. To lower oneself before an inferior

After what she said to me I would not deign to say hello to her.

Question 12

Delineate

Answer 12

v. To describe, to depict

Question 13

Demeanor

Answer 13

n. Behavior, manner of conducting oneself

Question 14

Denouement

Answer 14

n. An outcome, result

The denouement didn’t come until the final page.

Question 15

Celibate

Answer 15

n. Unmarried
adj. abstaining from sex

Priests are celibates.
In that religion, the priests take vows to remain celibate.