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Vocabulary Building: Lambaste, Vicarious, and Discomfit

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What does it mean to lambaste someone?

To ignore or dismiss them

To attack or criticize them harshly (correct)

To praise or compliment them

To forgive or excuse them

What is a vicarious experience?

An experience that is imagined or sympathized with (correct)

An experience that is avoided or denied

An experience that is shared with others

A direct and personal experience

What does it mean to discomfit someone?

To make them feel more confident

To make them feel more comfortable

To challenge them to achieve more

To put them into a state of perplexity and embarrassment (correct)

What is the purpose of a forfend?

To ward off or protect Signup and view all the answers

What is an abattoir?

A place where animals are slaughtered for food Signup and view all the answers

What is an abalone?

A type of mollusk Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of an abalone's shell?

It has a row of apertures along its outer edge Signup and view all the answers

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Vocabulary Building

Lambaste: attack verbally or criticize harshly, e.g. a coach criticizing players for a bad game.
Vicarious: experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in another's experience, e.g. feeling a thrill when watching someone else score a goal.
Discomfit: put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment, e.g. an unexpected question causing a speaker to pause awkwardly.
Forfend: ward off, prevent, or protect, e.g. building castle walls to protect inhabitants from invaders.
Abattoir: a place where animals are slaughtered for food, e.g. a local slaughterhouse processing hundreds of cattle daily.
Abalone: a type of edible marine gastropod mollusk with a flattened shell and apertures along its outer edge, e.g. enjoying a meal of grilled abalone at a seaside restaurant.