#303-314

Question 1

insidious

Answer 1

(adj): causing harm in a way that is gradual and not easily noticed (239)

Question 2

doleful

Answer 2

(adj): expressing sadness; full of grief (240)

Question 3

abashed

Answer 3

(adj): embarrassed or ashamed (242)

Question 4

seditious

Answer 4

(adj): causing or intending to cause people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch; relating to or partaking in rebellion against the state (249)

Question 5

respite

Answer 5

(n): a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant (251)

Question 6

prevaricate

Answer 6

(v): to avoid telling the truth or saying that you think (253)

Question 7

wanton

Answer 7

(adj): (1) causing harm or acting without showing care for others, often intentionally; (2) sexually unrestrained (261)

Question 8

vehemently

Answer 8

(adv): in a forceful, intense, or passionate manner; with great feeling (261)

Question 9

despotism

Answer 9

(n): the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way; a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power (263)

Question 10

solipsism

Answer 10

(n): (1) the quality of being self-centered and selfish; (2) the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist (275)

Question 11

capitulate

Answer 11

(v): to accept something or agree to do something unwillingly; to stop resisting and do what someone wants you to do (286)

Question 12

premonitory

Answer 12

(adj): giving a warning or indication of something unpleasant before it happens (294)