Vocab

Match the following

• to become less intense

• abate

• to accept, usually reluctantly

• adversity

• difficulties; misfortune

• acquiesce

• to regard with disgust and hatred

• abhor

• well meaning and kingly

• benevolent

Match the following

• the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions

• catharsis

• relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

• chimerical

• beg someone to do something

• copious

• a great or rich supply

• beseech

• a hope that is extremely unlikely ever to come true

• bucolic

Match the following

• make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly

• efface

• to erase or remove

• expedite

• reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on

• delineate

• describe or portray (something) precisely; explains

• curtail

• to match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation

• emulate

Match the following

• beg someone to do something

• hinders

• a falsehood, lie or the process by which the lies are made

• gregarious

• pitifully sad

• forlorn

• create difficulties resulting in delay or obstruction

• implore

• fond of company; sociable

• fabrication

Match the following

• wicked or criminal

• obscure

• place close together for contrasting effect

• juxtapose

• tending to talk a great deal; talkative

• loquacious

• not discovered or known about, uncertain

• nefarious

• unable to make mistakes or be wrong

• infallible

Match the following

• complaining in an immature or whining manner

• predilection

• eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

• pugnacious

• a preference for something; a bias in favor of something

• querulous

• more important than anything else; supreme

• paramount

Match the following

• taking the place of something or someone else; experienced through someone else

• ubiquitous

• present, appearing, or found everywhere

• reverence

• deep respect for someone or something

• vilify

• speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner

• vicarious