Vocab2

Question 1

Ample

Answer 1

Large size, amount, extent or capacity; more than enough; fully sufficient for the purpose

Question 2

Inane

Answer 2

Empty; lacking substance

Question 3

Belligerent

Answer 3

Root: Latin belliger “warlike”

Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive

Question 4

Nonchalant

Answer 4

Root: calere “to be warm, heat up”

Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent; not worried about things

Question 5

Reprimand

Answer 5

A severe or formal reproof or warning

Question 6

Skirmish

Answer 6

Root: Skirmisshen “to wave a weapon”

A minor fight in a war, as one between small forces; a minor conflict or problem

Question 7

Jurisdiction

Answer 7

The power, right, or authority to interpret the law; the limits of control.

Question 8

Frenzy

Answer 8

Temporary madness; a violent mental or emotional upset.

Question 9

Deride

Answer 9

To laugh at; to ridicule

Question 10

Vacillate

Answer 10

Vacillare “to waver”

To sway from one side to another, oscillate; to swing indecisively from one course of action to another