Vocab week 3

Question 1

cudgel

Answer 1

(n) a short, thick blunt weapon; a club

Question 2

despite

Answer 2

(prep) in spite of

Question 3

effrontery

Answer 3

(n) boldness; audacity, impudence, nerve, insolence (When I told my aunt that she was boring,
my mother scolded me for my effrontery.)

Question 4

fixture

Answer 4

(n) a permanency; a person or thing remaining fixed, in the same position

Question 5

handwriting

Answer 5

(n) the character or style of a person’s writing by hand; cursive writing

Question 6

havoc

Answer 6

(n) chaos or large-scale destruction

Question 7

debonair

Answer 7

(adj) charming; having a sophisticated and attractive manner

Question 8

detest

Answer 8

(v) to have a profound dislike or disgust for; to hate

Question 9

elasticity

Answer 9

(n) the physical property of matter wherein matter returns to its original form after being
reshaped, as an elastic band returns to its original shape after being stretched

Question 10

ambivalent

Answer 10

(adj) uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow; having opposing feelings (My feelings about Calvin are ambivalent
because on one hand he is a loyal friend, but on the other, he is a cruel and vicious
thief.)