Vocabulary 1

Question 1

related to forces instead, involved in forming geological features

Answer 1

tectonic

Question 2

feeling or showing haughty disdain

Answer 2

supercilious

Question 3

to seize and hold by force without legal authority

Answer 3

usurp

Question 4

reduce; lessen

Answer 4

abate

Question 5

attendant, servant of lesser official

Answer 5

yeoman

Question 6

examine closely to separate the good from bad

Answer 6

winnow

Question 7

characterized by violent emotions or actions

Answer 7

tempestuous

Question 8

characterized by exaggerated or insincere earnestness

Answer 8

unctuous

Question 9

to give up a position

Answer 9

abdicate

Question 10

to aid; help

Answer 10

abet

Question 11

needless repetition, redundary

Answer 11

tautology

Question 12

a spiral motion of fluid

Answer 12

vortex

Question 13

lacking intelligence

Answer 13

vacuous

Question 14

put together; created

Answer 14

wrought

Question 15

classification of organisms in an ordered system

Answer 15

taxonomy

Question 16

to abolish

Answer 16

abrogate

Question 17

forceful or intense in expression

Answer 17

venement

Question 18

a government that exercises absolute control over all aspects of life

Answer 18

totalitarian

Question 19

someone fearful of strangers or foreigners

Answer 19

xenophobe

Question 20

wretched, pitiful

Answer 20

abject