Vocabulary #4

Question 1

Feeling gloomy or hopeless; dejected, dismal

Answer 1

Despondent

Question 2

The formal or official way of correctly doing something; custom, code

Answer 2

Protocol

Question 3

Honest and straightforward; blunt; frank, direct

Answer 3

Candid

Question 4

Extremely, chauvinist patriotism, often favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy

Answer 4

Jingoism

Question 5

To make right; to correct; rectify, amend

Answer 5

Redress

Question 6

Special words or phrases used by a specific group of people; jargon

Answer 6

Argot

Question 7

To calm; to make satisfied (often only temporarily); mollify

Answer 7

Appease

Question 8

Harsh sounding; grating; shrill

Answer 8

Strident

Question 9

Complete disorder; confusion, jumble

Answer 9

Chaos

Question 10

To erase or eliminate; obliterate

Answer 10

Expunge

Question 11

One who is intolerant of differences in others; racist, extremist

Answer 11

Bigot

Question 12

To enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity; expand, supplement

Answer 12

Augment

Question 13

Requiring exhaustive effort; laborious; grueling, arduous

Answer 13

Toilsome

Question 14

Careless neglect, often resulting in injury; carelessness

Answer 14

Negligence

Question 15

Lack of basic life necessities; extreme poverty; impoverished, penury

Answer 15

Privation