Vocabulary #5

Question 1

Followers or servants who accompany an important person; entourage; cortege

Answer 1

Retinue

Question 2

Inequality, difference; gap

Answer 2

Disparity

Question 3

To praise highly; exalt; laud

Answer 3

Extol

Question 4

To force someone into military service

Answer 4

Conscript

Question 5

Extreme hatred or ill will; animosity; enmity

Answer 5

Rancor

Question 6

Merciful,lenient; forbearing; benign

Answer 6

Clement

Question 7

Free from restrictions; free; unrestrained

Answer 7

Unfettered

Question 8

Unyielding, firm I’m opinion; stubborn

Answer 8

Adamant

Question 9

To credit with cause or fault; attribute; ascribe

Answer 9

Impute

Question 10

Lacking in self confidence, shy; timid

Answer 10

Diffident

Question 11

Professed but not necessarily true; supposed

Answer 11

Ostensible

Question 12

Unrelenting; unavoidable; relentless; certain

Answer 12

Inexorable

Question 13

A worn-out idea or overused expression; platitude; banality

Answer 13

Cliché

Question 14

A creative work, especially a numbered composition

Answer 14

Opus

Plural is opera

Question 15

To talk pointlessly and at length; prattle; yak

Answer 15

Prate