"The Meek" - Vocab Quiz

Harsh criticism or censure.

• Opprobrium

• Enmity

• Assuage

• Inundate

A concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.

• Refuse

• Pangea

• Barrage

• Conflagration

Matter thrown away or rejected as worthless; trash.

• Inundate

• Progeny

• Pangea

• Refuse

A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.

• Enmity

• Opprobrium

• Inundate

• Progeny

Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.

• Barrage

• Brigade

• Inundate

• Bombard

An extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property.

• Fondue

• Conflagration

• Blaze

• Amalgamation

1. Ancient supercontinent that included almost all of the Earth's land area and was formed by the collision of Gondwana and Laurasia.

• Atlantis

• Alaska

• Pangea

• New Jersey

To lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : EASE.

• Barrage

• Mitigate

• Assuage

• Persuade

Positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will.

• Feud

• Enmity

• Animosity

• Absurdity

Item of clothing or equipment —usually used in plural.

• Opprobrium

• Barrage

• Accouterments

• Gear