Vocab List 3 & 4

Question 1

Excerpt

Answer 1

a passage selected from a book, play, piece of music

Question 2

Exhilarate

Answer 2

to cheer, to stimulate, to enliven

Question 3

Exonerate

Answer 3

to free from blame, to relieve of a task

Question 4

Exorbiant

Answer 4

excessive

Question 5

Compound

Answer 5

to mix together, to combine, having two or more parts

Question 6

Exposition

Answer 6

a precise statement/explanation, a public exhibit

Question 7

Expound

Answer 7

to set forth an explanation in detail (used with on)

Question 8

Impose

Answer 8

to set up, to forth something on others

Question 9

Impostor

Answer 9

one who deceives by using a false identity

Question 10

Proponent

Answer 10

one who argues in support of something

Question 11

Extraneous

Answer 11

coming from outside; foreign

Question 12

Extraterrestrial

Answer 12

outside the limits of the Earth’s atmosphere

Question 13

Extrovert

Answer 13

interested in things outside the self; thoughts outward

Question 14

Mediate

Answer 14

to act as negotiator between opposing sides

Question 15

Mediocrity

Answer 15

normal, between high and low: ordinary person

Question 16

Medium

Answer 16

substance through which something is transmitted, communication with spirits of the dead

Question 17

Non sequitur

Answer 17

statement that does not follow logically from evidence

Question 18

Obsequious

Answer 18

excessively willing to yield to others

Question 19

Subsequent

Answer 19

coming after or later

Question 20

Sequester

Answer 20

to go into hiding, to seek solitude

Question 21

What does the latin root “ex” mean?

Answer 21

from, out of

Question 22

What does the latin root “ponere” mean?

Answer 22

to place, to put

Question 23

What does the latin root “extra” mean?

Answer 23

on the outside

Question 24

What does the latin root “medius” mean?

Answer 24

middle

Question 25

What does the latin root "sequi" mean?

Answer 25

to follow