1. Vocabulary Group 2
Quiz September 19th, 2014

2. Prudent
Adjective acting with or showing care and thought for the future.

3. Abominable
Adjective
causing moral revulsion; very bad or unpleasant.

4. Noun
written or spoken communication or debate of a topic in speech or writing
Discourse

5. Lament
Verb mourn (a person's loss or death); express regret or disappointment over something considered unsatisfactory, unreasonable, or unfair.

6. Mediator
Noun a person who attempts to make people involved in a conflict come to an agreement; a go- between.

7. Righteous
Adjective
(of a person or conduct) morally right or justifiable; virtuous.

8. Adjective
causing hatred or disgust; repulsive.
Loathsome

9. Verb
settle a dispute by mutual concession; accept standards that are lower than is desirable.
Compromise

10. Contention
Noun
heated disagreement; "the captured territory was one of the main areas of contention between the two countries"
an assertion, especially one maintained in argument.

11. Adjective prepared to obey others unquestioningly; subordinate.
Subservient

12. Pretense
Noun
an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true; a claim, especially a false or ambitious one.

13. Verb escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery; avoid giving a direct answer to (a question).
Evade

14. Apprehension
Noun
anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

15. Verb make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic.
Conjure

16. Faction
Noun a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics; a state of conflict within an organization; dissension.