Vocabulary and Definitions Assessment

To reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative, to declare legally invalid or void

• Nonentity

• Annul

• Promontory

• Qualm

Elaborately decorated; showily splendid

• Deplore

• Frivolous

• Porous

• Ornate

A remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed

• Residue

• Sustain

• Bolster

• Muster

Full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water

• Deplore

• Oust

• Obsess

• Porous

To bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include; (n.) a list of military personnel; a gathering; accumulation

• Muster

• Solicitous

• Bolster

• Peruse

Showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something

• Staid

• Qualm

• Solicitous

• Recourse

To support, give a boost; (n.) a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post

• Sustain

• Bolster

• Prone

• Blase

Of little importance, not worthy or serious attention; not meant seriously

• Frivolous

• Muster

• Annul

• Ornate

To read thoroughly and carefully

• Blase

• Peruse

• Sustain

• Nonetity

To support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of

• Frivolous

• Promontory

• Sustain

• Residue