Vocabulary Review for Final Exam

True or False: The term "contempt" means open disrespect for a person or thing.

• True

• False

True or False: The term "flak" refers to artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.

• True

• False

True or False: The term "reprieve" means a relief from harm or discomfort.

• True

• False

True or False: The term "idyllic" means charmingly simple and serene.

• True

• False

True or False: The term "outlandish" means an area relatively far from the center, as of a city or town.

• True

• False

True or False: The term "alleviate" means to provide physical relief, as from pain

• True

• False

True or False: The term "obliterate" means having a part of the body crippled or disabled

• True

• False

True or False: The term "whittle" means to cut small bits or pare shavings from

• True

• False

True or False: The term "mutilated" means alert attentiveness

• True

• False

True or False: The term "affable" means a deliberately offensive act

• True

• False