Vocabulary Quiz

Reassurance

• a statement or comment that removes someone's doubts or fears

• a compliment

malinger

• exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work.

• a person who owns a dog

Defy

• openly resist or refuse to obey.

• To agree with somebody

crucial

• decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something.

• easy going

berserk

• violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged:

• a town in Germany

Console

• to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort:

• to slap somebody

unadulterated

• not diluted or made impure by adulterating; pure:

• a movie that is rated PG

Pious

• having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.

• to have big feet

ghastly

• shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible:

• having a cold

Besieged

• to crowd around; crowd in upon; surround:

• to color tan