Abeka Vocabulary Poetry VI Review Quiz 1

DEFINITIONS:

penitent - feeling sorrow for one's own sins and being willing to repent

impeccable - not capable of sin; faultless

vulnerable - susceptible to wounds; open to attack

procrastinate - to put off doing something until a future time; to postpone habitually

pestilent - tending to destroy life; dangerous to the moral, social, or political welfare

indemnify - to protect against or compensate for damage or loss

plaintive - expressing sorrow; mournful

incarcerate - to imprison

exorbitant - going beyond what is reasonable; excessive

intrepid - fearless

strident - loud, harsh, and grating

augment - to make greater, as in size, quantity, and strength; to supplement

imbibe - to drink; to absorb or take in with the senses as if by drinking

elucidate - to make clear or plain especially by explanation

aggrandize - to make greater, as in size, quantity, and strength; to supplement

emanate - to flow forth or originate from a source

extenuate - to lessen the seriousness of the circumstances by giving excuses

abdicate - to officially renounce power or neglect to complete responsibility or duty

denote - to indicate

DEFINITIONS & SYNONYMS:

indomitable - not easily discouraged or defeated; unconquerable

S: determined, invincible, invulnerable, irrepressible, resolute, unbeatable

chicanery - trickery, especially in legal dealings; the use of subterfuge or trickery in debate

S: beguilement, deception, duplicity, fraud, sophistry, stratagem

verdant - green with growing plants or grass; green in color

S: grass-covered, grassy, green, plant-covered, verdurous

entrepreneur - one who organizes and manages a business, assuming the risk of profit or loss

inundate - to cover with water; to overwhelm as if with a flood

S: drown, overpower, overwhelm, submerge

ruminate - to chew the cud; to meditate or reflect on

S: meditate, muse, ponder

trenchant - forceful and effective; keen, penetrating

S: expressive, striking, vigorous; biting, cutting, incisive

egregious - outstandingly bad

S: flagrant, gross, infamous, notorious, outrageous

insurgent - rising in active revolt against constituted authority

S: factious, insubordinate, rebellious

pique - to revoke resentment in

S: anger, annoy, displease, irritate

WORD ANALYSIS: Match prefix, suffix, or root with correct meaning

AM

to love

-ate²

having the quality of

hypo-

under, below

SCI

to know

VEN, VENT

to come

pro-

for, before, forward

JUR

to swear

-ent²

like, pertaining to

OMNI

all

ex-

away from, without, intensive