week 11 copy

Question 1

Abet

Answer 1

(v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the
inside to abet him.)

Question 2

(v.) to aid, help, encourage

Answer 2

Abet

Question 3

Acerbic

Answer 3

(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and began to
cruelly make fun of all her friends.)

Question 4

(v.) to urge, coax

Answer 4

Cajole

Question 5

(adj.) dried up, dehydrated

Answer 5

Desiccated

Question 6

(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste

Answer 6

Acerbic

Question 7

Cajole

Answer 7

(v.) to urge, coax (Fred’s buddies cajoled him into attending the bachelor party.)

Question 8

Desiccated

Answer 8

(adj.) dried up, dehydrated (The skin of the desiccated mummy looked like
old paper.)

Question 9

Exculpate

Answer 9

(v.) to free from guilt or blame, exonerate (My discovery of the ring behind
the dresser exculpated me from the charge of having stolen it.)

Question 10

(v.) to free from guilt or blame, exonerate

Answer 10

Exculpate

Question 11

(v.) to chain, restrain

Answer 11

Fetter

Question 12

(n.) domination over others

Answer 12

Hegemony

Question 13

(adj.) excessively worshipping one object or person

Answer 13

idolatrous

Question 14

(adj.) noble, generous

Answer 14

Magnanimous

Question 15

Magnanimous

Answer 15

(adj.) noble, generous (Although I had already broken most of her
dishes, Jacqueline was magnanimous enough to continue letting me use them.)

Question 16

Fetter

Answer 16

(v.) to chain, restrain (The dog was fettered to the parking meter.)

Question 17

Hegemony

Answer 17

(n.) domination over others (Britain’s hegemony over its colonies was
threatened once nationalist sentiment began to spread around the world.)

Question 18

(adj.) agreeable to the taste or sensibilities

Answer 18

Palatable

Question 19

(n.) frugality, stinginess

Answer 19

Parsimony

Question 20

Idolatrous

Answer 20

idolatrous (adj.) excessively worshipping one object or person (Xena’s idolatrous
fawning over the band—following them on tour, starting their fan club, filming
their documentary—is really beginning to get on my nerves.)

Question 21

(adj.) evil, unprincipled

Answer 21

Reprobate

Question 22

(adj.) giving a hypocritical appearance of piety

Answer 22

Sanctimonious

Question 23

(adj.) painstaking, careful

Answer 23

Scrupulous

Question 24

(adj.) giving off intense heat, passionate

Answer 24

Torrid

Question 25

(v.) to fluctuate, hesitate

Answer 25

Vacillate

Question 26

(n.) a difficult situation

Answer 26

Quagmire

Question 27

(adj.) trifling, insignificant

Answer 27

Nominal

Question 28

(adj.) excessively compliant or submissive

Answer 28

Obsequious

Question 29

Palatable

Answer 29

(adj.) agreeable to the taste or sensibilities (Despite the unpleasant smell, the exotic cheese was quite palatable.)

Question 30

Parsimony

Answer 30

(n.) frugality, stinginess (Many relatives believed that my aunt’s wealth resulted from her parsimony.)

Question 31

(adj.) extremely destructive or harmful

Answer 31

Pernicious

Question 32

Quagmire

Answer 32

(n.) a difficult situation (We’d all like to avoid the kind of military quagmire characterized by the Vietnam War.)

Question 33

Reprobate

Answer 33

(adj.) evil, unprincipled (The reprobate criminal sat sneering in the cell.)

Question 34

Sanctimonious

Answer 34

(adj.) giving a hypocritical appearance of piety (The sanctimonious Bertrand delivered stern lectures on the Ten Commandments to anyone who would listen, but thought nothing of stealing cars to make some cash on the side.)

Question 35

Scrupulous

Answer 35

(adj.) painstaking, careful (With scrupulouscare, Sam cut a snowflake out of white paper.)

Question 36

Torrid

Answer 36

(adj.) giving off intense heat, passionate (I didn’t want to witness the neighbor’s torrid affair through the window.)

Question 37

Vacillate

Answer 37

(v.) to fluctuate, hesitate (I prefer a definite answer, but my boss kept vacillating between the distinct options available to us.)

Question 38

Nominal

Answer 38

(adj.) trifling, insignificant (Because he was moving the following week and needed to get rid of his furniture more than he needed money, Jordan sold everything for a nominal fee.)

Question 39

Obsequious

Answer 39

(adj.) excessively compliant or submissive (Mark acted like Janet’s servant, obeying her every request in an obsequious manner.)

Question 40

Pernicious

Answer 40

adj.) extremely destructive or harmful (The new government feared that the Communist sympathizers would have a pernicious influence on the nation’s stability.)