Vocabulary Quiz PDF

carnage - large amount of killing. ominous - telling someone that something unpleasant will happen. harbinger - likely bad omen. incapacitate - unable to do things normally. succumb - to accept defeat and die. debacle - complete failure. portend - a bad omen. doom - a bad situation that can\'...

carnage - large amount of killing. ominous - telling someone that something unpleasant will happen. harbinger - likely bad omen. incapacitate - unable to do things normally. succumb - to accept defeat and die. debacle - complete failure. portend - a bad omen. doom - a bad situation that can\'t be avoided. abject - a state of being extremly unhappy. foe- enemy. sting - sharp sudden pain. jab - quick hit. spring - to move towards particular place quickly. disdain - unworthy belligerence - to want to fight, or war. intimidate - to threathen someone to make them do something you want. adroit- skillful. feint - a movenemt to decieve someone especially in sports. retaliate - to take revegne. abortive - unsuccesfull attempt. nadir - lowest point. ramification - consequence. forestall - to prevent something from happening by acting first. head something off - to prevent upleasant event from happening. moribund - not active. balk - hesitate. throw down the gauntlet - to invite someone to fight with you. pugnacious - someone who loves to fight all the time. accost - to go and talk to someone in a threathing way. belittle - to make someone feel small, not important. antics - funny silly or strange behavior. resurrect - to bring something back into life. barb - an inteligent but critical remark that in intended to hurt you. sack - to attack a building or a town and steal valuable things. to eat humble pie - to admit you were wrong. fruitless - unsuccesfull. besiege - to surround a place especially with army to prevent someone from escaping. capitulate - to accept something or do something unwillingly. repulse - refuse something. fend off - to push something or someone away. fiasco - complete failure. assault - violent attack. laceration - a cut, injury. castigate - to critisize someone severly. sordid - morally shocking, unacceptable. plea- urgent request. leniency - punished or judged less strongly. ignominious - embarassing complete failure. swat - to hit something with pale hands. endeavor - to attempt to do something. relentlessly - extreme unstoppable action. futile - not working. impasse - a situation that solution is none, impossible to move on. falter - to lose strenght and stop. stymie - to prevent someone from achieving something. quandary - a situation when you can\'t decide what to do. plight - trouble. thwart - to stop something from happening. profess - to be sure about something. proclivity - tendency. remorse - feeling guilty. frenzy - uncontrolled crazy behavior. scurrilous - to express unfair criticism that is likely to damage someone. crack - to find a solution. stalemate - situation when no group action or anything can win. no action can be taken. riot - a large amount of people acting noisy and violent. assassination - political motive murder. advent - the fact of an event happening. defunct - not existing anymore. scrutiny - careful detailed examination. bigotry - unreasonable belief. spark - to cause an argument. hyper-partisan - extreme level of supporting ideology. incumbent - officially having a named position. sully - to spoil something. bemoan - to complain. appalled - having a strong feeling of shock. mudslinging - insultion or lying about someone often used against politican opponents.