Unit 8 Vocabulary Relearning

Which term means: to reduce the intensity of; relieve; pacify?

• allay

• ameliorate

• inveigh

• pander

Which term means: to make better, improve?

• ameliorate

• extradite

• pander

• lionize

Which word means: roughness or harshness; severity?

• asperity

• exegesis

• hypocrisy

• unwieldy

Which word means: an analysis; interpretation of?

• exegesis

• renunciation

• recalcitrant

• hypocrisy

Which word means: to release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction?

• extradite

• lionize

• pander

• vitiate

Which word means: to-faced, falseness?

• hypocrisy

• asperity

• renunciation

• allay

Which word means: to protest, oppose?

• inveigh

• lionize

• vitiate

• unwieldy

Which word means: to honor or celebrate?

• lionize

• inveigh

• allay

• unwieldy

Which word means: to act as a go-between; to exploit weakness of others?

• pander

• lionize

• allay

• verb

Which word means: wasteful; immoral?

• profligate

• extradite

• ameliorate

• vitiate