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DEFINITIONS
DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the vocabulary word that matches the definition provided. (60 points)
*You may only put one word in each box for your answer.
*Each vocabulary word will only be used one time.
Question 1
1.
to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine
Question 2
2.
to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail
Question 3
3.
totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless
Question 4
4.
necessary, urgent; a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required
Question 5
5.
to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle
Question 6
6.
to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job
Question 7
7.
to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; property stolen by force
Question 8
8.
firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing
Question 9
9.
a person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit
Question 10
10.
twisted, turned to one side; cleverly or grimly humorous
Question 11
11.
to adjust or change to suit conditions
Question 12
12.
the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity
Question 13
13.
to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
Question 14
14.
a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; marked by fear, ominous
Question 15
15.
chillingly proud and scornful
Question 16
16.
a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle
Question 17
17.
short but full of meaning
Question 18
18.
to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; a silly, forced smile
Question 19
19.
much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
Question 20
20.
to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
Question 21
21.
a temporary peace, halt in fighting
Question 22
22.
gentle, soothing, mild; lacking interest or taste
Question 23
23.
to deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to
Question 24
24.
to please, satisfy; to indulge or humor
Question 25
25.
exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless; an incalculable number, the concept of infinity; (cap. I) a name for God
Question 26
26.
innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience
Question 27
27.
a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing
Question 28
28.
to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder
Question 29
29.
able to meet one's financial obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances; a liquid used to dissolve other substances; something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens
Question 30
30.
long and tiresome
Question 31
31.
to make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like
Question 32
32.
haughty, too convinced of one's own importance
Question 33
33.
a distinct period of time, age
Question 34
34.
to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep at a distance
Question 35
35.
easily made angry, hot-tempered
Question 36
36.
a person's relatives; a family relationship; related by blood; like, similar
Question 37
37.
to blot out completely, destroy utterly
Question 38
38.
appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky
Question 39
39.
unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something; based on a mechanical routine
Question 40
40.
a person who sells something
Question 41
41.
a deep or bottomless pit
Question 42
42.
of supreme importance, decisive, critical
Question 43
43.
to give form to; to incorporate, include; to personify
Question 44
44.
the complete collapse or failure of a project
Question 45
45.
to adorn or decorate, especially food; an ornament or decoration, especially for food
Question 46
46.
marked by carelessness or indifference; failing to do what should be done
Question 47
47.
forgetfulness, disregard; a state of being forgotten; an amnesty, general pardon
Question 48
48.
pale, lacking color; weak and lifeless
Question 49
49.
a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson
Question 50
50.
shared; involving give-and-take between two persons or things; working in both directions; (math) a number that, when multiplied by another number, gives 1
Question 51
51.
to happen, occur; to happen to
Question 52
52.
the last remaining part; the part of least worth
Question 53
53.
to irritate, annoy, or anger
Question 54
54.
an inheritance; a birthright
Question 55
55.
lifeless, unable to move or act; slow, inactive
Question 56
56.
acting or working for self-gain only; a hired soldier, a soldier of fortune
Question 57
57.
an impressive piece of work, especially a musical composition or other work of art
Question 58
58.
based on reasoning; able to make use of reason; sensible or reasonable
Question 59
59.
a limitation or restriction; a criticism; (medicine) a narrowing of a passage in the body
Question 60
60.
a thin outer layer; a surface appearance or decoration; to cover with a thin layer