Vocabulary Quiz

Refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind

• Dispirit

• Adamant

• Stoical

• Heedless

A tall ancient Greek or Roman jar with two handles and a narrow neck

• Amphora

• Siphon

• Anchorage

• Concubine

An area suitable for a ship to anchor in; the act of securing something to a base

• Mooring

• Anchorage

• Reverence

• Skirmish

To reach an authoritative judgment or settlement

• Circumvent

• Endow

• Arbitrate

• Usurp

A plant disease or something that spoils or damages

• Blight

• Lamentation

• Maverick

• Multitude

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To find a way around an obstacle or cleverly overcome a problem

• Circumvent

• Wax

• Reverberate

• Heed

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A woman in a lower status relationship with a man than a wife; a mistress

• Concubine

• Maverick

• Stoic

• Usurper

Having lost enthusiasm or hope; disheartened

• Adamant

• Disp spirited

• Disp irited

• Reverent

To give or bequeath money or property to; to provide with a quality or ability

• Endow

• Moor

• Siphon

• Circumvent

A fearful feeling that something bad will happen

• Lamentation

• Foreboding

• Reverence

• Anchorage