10th Grade Honors Literature Vocabulary Unit # 1 - 4 2020

Question 1

large-scale slaughter or loss of life

Accepted Answer

carnage

Question 2

to encourage, assist, aid, or support

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abet

Question 3

not combed; untidy

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unkempt

Question 4

to scold sharply

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berate

Question 5

a strong defense or protection; a wall-like structure for defense

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bulwark

Question 6

to expand on, to write or talk about at length

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expatiate

Question 7

having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's)

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sartorial

Question 8

needed, necessary, regarded as essential

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requisite

Question 9

to use up, to diminish greatly

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deplete

Question 10

the beginning, the start

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inception

Question 11

to cut short, to bring to an end sooner than expected

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curtail

Question 12

a person given to self-indulgent spending

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profligate

Question 13

easily made angry; bad-tempered

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choleric

Question 14

a hint, indirect suggestion

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intimation

Question 15

swollen, bloated, filled to excess

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turgid

Question 16

firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding

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adamant

Question 17

noisy revelry or merrymaking

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carousal

Question 18

deprived of, made unhappy through a loss

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bereft

Question 19

to utter taunting words

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gibe

Question 20

stern, unyielding, gloomy

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dour

Question 21

conclusive, final

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definitive

Question 22

an excess or overindulgence, causing disgust

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surfeit

Question 23

a vague sense of approaching misfortune

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presentiment

Question 24

not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull

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stolid

Question 25

willing to follow advice or authority, submissive

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amenable

Question 26

puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable

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enigmatic

Question 27

to compare critically in order to note differences and similarities

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collate

Question 28

to promote trouble or rebellion; to warm

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foment

Question 29

obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense

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blatant

Question 30

self-righteous; characterized by moralizing

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sententious

Question 31

stubborn; unyielding

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obdurate

Question 32

to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence

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cloy

Question 33

an external appearance; cover, mask

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guise

Question 34

lacking in nutritive value; immature

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jejune

Question 35

to make larger; to increase

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augment

Question 36

to stare with open mouth

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gape

Question 37

wealthy, luxurious

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opulent

Question 38

something that is heavy or burdensome

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onus

Question 39

to soften, make gentle; to calm

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mollify

Question 40

too ready to believe, easily decieved

Accepted Answer

credulous

10th Grade Honors Literature Vocabulary Unit # 1 - 4 2020

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10th Grade Honors Literature Vocabulary Unit # 1 - 4 2020

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