English IV Vocabulary Unit Eight

Question 1

A dare, a challenge, a glove

Accepted Answer

Gauntlet

Question 2

To cut out, to remove, to censor

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Expurgate

Question 3

Confusion, the state of being disconcerted, bewilderment

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Consternation

Question 4

To call into question

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Impugn

Question 5

Helpful, tending to promote or assist

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Conducive

Question 6

Lacking self-control; immoderate

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Intemperate

Question 7

Unbiased, fair, calm

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Dispassionate

Question 8

The act of relieving tension after a serious scene in a literary work

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Comic Relief

Question 9

To deny, to decry

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Disavow

Question 10

To spread out, to scatter, to cause to disappear

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Dissipate

Question 11

Inclined to nausea; easily bothered; easily shocked or upset

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Squeamish

Question 12

Unctuous; overly obedient; servile

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Subservient

Question 13

Sluggish, dull, cow-like

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Bovine

Question 14

Excitement; enthusiasm; vigor

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Elan

Question 15

To lower, to demote; to banish

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Relegate

Question 16

Vulnerable

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Susceptible

Question 17

Faithlessness, sedition, treachery

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Perfidy

Question 18

In Macbeth she is the goddess of the witches

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Hecate

Question 19

Stinging; biting, mean

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Acrimonious

Question 20

Low class, trashy, unchivalric

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Ignoble

Question 21

Having a large, bulky body; large; not Harbin (he is just husky)

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Corpulent

Question 22

In every act of Macbeth, at least one character dies. Who dies in Act One?

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Macdonwald

Question 23

When the environment reflects the mood

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Pathetic Fallacy

Question 24

Hatred; contempt; disgrace or infamy

Accepted Answer

Odium

Question 25

Based on an educated guess

Accepted Answer

Hypothetical

English IV Vocabulary Unit Eight

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English IV Vocabulary Unit Eight

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