VOCAB LIST #11: Vocabulary Study Guide

What is the definition of 'bolster'?

• To mourn a person's loss or death

• To support or to improve something; make it stronger

• To reduce or limit something

• Excessive admiration.

What is the definition of 'lament'?

• a) To clear someone of blame or suspicion; to justify

• b) Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

• c) To mourn a person's loss or death

• d) Behavior that is socially correct, calm, or polite.

What is the definition of 'curtail'?

• To reduce or limit something

• Expressing opinions in an annoying way; to rant on and on about how they feel

• Excessive admiration

• To support or to improve something; make it stronger.

What is the definition of 'vindicate'?

• To clear someone of blame or suspicion; to justify

• Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

• To mourn a person's loss or death

• Behavior that is socially correct, calm, or polite.

What is the definition of 'poignant'?

• a) Expressing opinions in an annoying way; to rant on and on about how they feel

• b) Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

• c) To reduce or limit something

• d) Excessive admiration.

What is the definition of 'pontificate'?

• a) To support or to improve something; make it stronger

• b) To clear someone of blame or suspicion; to justify

• c) Expressing opinions in an annoying way; to rant on and on about how they feel

• d) Behavior that is socially correct, calm, or polite.

What is the definition of 'decorum'?

• a) Behavior that is socially correct, calm, or polite

• b) To mourn a person's loss or death

• c) To reduce or limit something

• d) Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.

What is the definition of 'adulation'?

• To clear someone of blame or suspicion; to justify

• Excessive admiration

• To support or to improve something; make it stronger

• Expressing opinions in an annoying way; to rant on and on about how they feel.