Vocabulary english 9 first quiz

Absorbent meaning

Soaks up liquid

Absorbing definition

Intensely interesting

Abyss definition

A deep immeasureable space

Allay definition

Diminish or put at rest

Anonymous definition

A person not identified by name

Concede definition

1. admitting that something is not true after first denying it.

2. Surrender or yield

Curtail definition

1. Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on

2. cut something short

Daunt definition

Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive

Descry definition

Catch sight of

Devastate definition

1. Destroy or ruin (something)

2. Cause (someone) severe grief. Destroy

Dilate definition

(v.) to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon

Dissension definition

Disagreement that leads to discord (disput)

Epic definition

1. A long poem

2. Relating to or characteristic of an epic or epics

Erroneous definition

wrong incorrect mistaken

Insinuate definition

1. Suggest or hint in an indirect + unpleasant way.

2. Slide (thing or one self) slowly

Pensive definition

engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought

Recede definition

go or move back or farther away from a previous position

Respite definition

1. A short period of rest or relief from smth difficult

2. postpone

Subsist definition

1.Maintain support oneself especially at a minimal level

2. Remain in being in force (law)

Vagrant definition

1. a person without a settles home or regular work who wanders from place to place + lives by asking for $ or food.

2. Characteristic of relating to or living the life of a vagrant

Affect definition

have an effect on; make a differnce. change/influence on

Aversion definition

a strong dislike or disinclination

Chagrin definition

Distress or embarrassment at having failed. Feel distressed or humiliated

Discriminate definition

Make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different people. DIFFERENCIATE

Effect definition

(Verb) cause (something) to happen; bring about.

(Noun) a change which result or consequence of an action or other cause

Elicit definition

evoke or draw out from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions

Elusive definition

difficult to find, catch, or acheive. Hard to capture/grasp

Entail definition

Involve (smth) necessary or inevitable part or consequence.

2. inheritance restricted to heirs over generations

Fallow definition

plowed and harrowed but left un touched for some time in order to restore fertility

Hazardous definition

risky; dangerous

Illicit definition

forbidden by law, rules, or custom. Illegal

Legendary definition

of, described in, or based on legends, famous

Ludicrous definition

Foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous

Mercenary definition

Doing it for $

primarily concerned with making $ at the expense of ethics.

(noun) a pro solider hired to serve a foreign army

Nether definition

situated down or below; lower

Odious definition

extremely unpleasant; repulsive offensive

provisional definition

Arranged or existing for the present, possibly changed later

(noun) a provisional postage stamp

Tumultuous definition

making a loud, confused noise; uproarious. excited confused or disorderly. wild

Usurp definition

Take (a position of power or importance) unlawfully or by force

Vestige definition

A trace of smth that's disappearing or no longer exists. the smallest amount