Week 3 vocab

Question 1

eschew

Answer 1

To abstain or keep away from

Question 2

preclude

Answer 2

To prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of

Question 3

divert

Answer 3

to turn aside or from a path or course

Question 4

contingent

Answer 4

Dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain

Question 5

zealot

Answer 5

A person who shows zeal

Question 6

static

Answer 6

Pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition

Question 7

deplore

Answer 7

To disapprove of

Question 8

tumult

Answer 8

Violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob

Question 9

imminent

Answer 9

Likely to occur at any moment

Question 10

docile

Answer 10

Easily managed or handled

Question 11

acquiesce

Answer 11

accept something reluctantly but without protest.

Question 12

frivolous

Answer 12

not having any serious purpose or value.

Question 13

slovenly

Answer 13

(especially of a person or their appearance) messy and dirty.

Question 14

cacophony

Answer 14

a harsh discordant mixture of sounds.

Question 15

dilapidated

Answer 15

(of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.

Question 16

rescind

Answer 16

revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

Question 17

cajole

Answer 17

persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.

Question 18

fortuitous

Answer 18

happening by accident or chance rather than design.

Question 19

insinuate

Answer 19

suggest or hint (something bad or reprehensible) in an indirect and unpleasant way.

Question 20

vilify

Answer 20

speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner

Question 21

conscience

Answer 21

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior.

Question 22

testimony

Answer 22

a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.

Question 23

massacre

Answer 23

an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people

Question 24

superfluous

Answer 24

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

Question 25

interlocutor

Answer 25

a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

Question 26

fraught

Answer 26

of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable)

Question 27

trench

Answer 27

a long, narrow ditch

Question 28

billeted

Answer 28

lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house or other nonmilitary facility

Question 29

ghetto

Answer 29

a poor urban area occupied primarily by a minority group or groups. -the Jewish quarter in a city.

Question 30

surreptitiously

Answer 30

in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively.

Question 31

pious

Answer 31

devoutly religious.

Question 32

synagogue

Answer 32

the building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction.

Question 33

conflagration

Answer 33

an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property.

Question 34

optimism

Answer 34

hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.

Question 35

hasten

Answer 35

be quick to do something

Question 36

inquisition

Answer 36

a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation

Question 37

molten

Answer 37

(especially of materials with a high melting point, such as metal and glass) liquefied by heat.

Question 38

phylacteries

Answer 38

a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law.

Question 39

holocaust

Answer 39

destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

Question 40

apparatus

Answer 40

the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.

Question 41

tumult

Answer 41

a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people

Question 42

revolt

Answer 42

rise in rebellion.

Question 43

crematory

Answer 43

a place where a dead person's body is cremated; a crematorium

Question 44

nocturnal

Answer 44

done, occurring, or active at night.

Question 45

devour

Answer 45

eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.

Question 46

oppressive

Answer 46

unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint, especially on a minority or other subordinate group

Question 47

compulsory

Answer 47

required by law or a rule; obligatory

Question 48

concentration

Answer 48

a close gathering of people or things

Question 49

liberation

Answer 49

the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release.

Question 50

the selection

Answer 50

a process in which environmental or genetic influences determine which types of organisms thrive better than others, regarded as a factor in evolution.