Vocab #2

A

100

to set aside to be used for a specific purpose (usually money)

What is Earmark?

200

a defensive, protective barrier, wall, or force

What is Bulwark?

300

to make weak or feeble

What is Debilitate

400

to edit or change, revise or correct

What is Emend?

500

A difficult problem or situation that is not easily solved.

What is Conundrum?

B

100

To put down or discredit through words or actions

What is Disparage?

200

to rid oneself of, to cast out, to forcibly remove

What is Expunge?

300

to scold harshly; to punish severely-with the intent of motivating the individual to change

What is Castigate?

400

a huge open space; roomy; a large interior or room

What is Capacious?

500

to speak clearly; to articulate every word you speak

What is Enunciate?

C

100

expressed in concise form

What is compendious?

200

to wipe something out; to reduce to almost nothing

What is Decimate?

300

to urge or advise earnestly

What is Exhort?

400

prone to quickly change one’s mind, decision, or course of action at the drop of a hat.

What is Capricious?

500

a role model, a shining example

What is Exemplar?

D

100

a level of command, authority, or rank

What is Echelon?

200

something hidden or stored

What is Cache?

300

to praise with great enthusiasm

What is Extol?

400

extraordinarily bad, a glaring mistake

What is Egregious?

500

fearless, intrepid, and bold

What is Dauntless?

E

100

the state of being incredibly excited and ecstatic at an extreme level; extreme excitement

What is Ebullient?

200

Attempted overthrow of authority

What is Coup?

300

to surrender or give up

What is Capitulate?

400

finger or toe

What is Dactyl?

500

an object or organization that has ceased to exist.

What is Defunct?