Week 3 English Vocab

Question 1

to destroy completely; to vanquish; to make ineffectual or unimportant

Answer 1

annihilate

Question 2

act of granting or yielding, a privilege, such as the right to use land for a purpose

Answer 2

concession

Question 3

to destroy or kill a large part of

Answer 3

decimate

Question 4

to break up and scatter or spread;

Answer 4

disperse

Question 5

to escape or avoid something, especially bu using deceit or cleverness

Answer 5

evade

Question 6

glaringly bad ; notorious, outrageous

Answer 6

flagrant

Question 7

quality or instance of being disrespectful and insulting; impudence

Answer 7

insolence

Question 8

to remove undesirable elements from; to rid; to remove by cleanly

Answer 8

purge

Question 9

having an unnatural love of cruelty to others; extremely cruel to person or animals

Answer 9

sadistic

Question 10

iridescent; having the many-colored qualities of an opal

Answer 10

opalescent

Question 11

representing or composed of members of two parties

Answer 11

bipartisan

Question 12

courteous and agreeable in conversations

Answer 12

affable