Behold the Dreamers Vocab Quiz #1

Bemuse

to be confused by conflicting situations or statements.

Matriculate

To be enrolled as a student at a university or college.

Pristine

Immaculately clean or unused.

Jubilant

Filled with high-spirit or delight

Livery

A uniform, especially worn by servants & chauffeurs.

Incredulous

Not willing to believe; unbelieving.

Immigration

The movement of people into an area or country.

Vex

To disturb especially by minor irritations.

Asylum

Shelter from danger or hardship

Banish

To expel as if by official decree or ruling.

Desolate

Lonely, forlorn, uninhabited, barren.

Plantain

A type of banana usually requires cooking to be edible.

Abstain

To refrain from doing, partaking in, or consuming.

Draught

A form of checker played in mostly British countries or colonies.

Complacent

Content to a fault with one’s self or one’s actions.

Wary

Marked by caution & imprudence.

Petition

A formal request submitted to authority.

Abate

To become less in amount or intensity.

Leniency

The quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected.

Derisive

Expressing contempt or ridicule.

Cabal

A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.

Atrocity

An act of shocking cruelty.

Rove

To more aimlessly or without direction

Profuse

Produced or grown in extreme abundance.

Insistent

Demanding attention

Curt

Brief & to the point

Pandemonium

A state of extreme confusion & total chaos.

Rapacious

Living by preying on other animals.

Euphoric

Characterized by a feeling of well-being or elation.

Conceal

To prevent from being discovered or seen.