and CORRECT Answers
substantiate - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give
concrete or substantial form to
Purportedly - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔supposedly
pageantry - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔spectacular display
Straits - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔trouble or need
rogue - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a dishonest or unprincipled man
Svelte - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔slender and elegant
torrential rain - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔very heavy rain
boroughs - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the sections of a city, like Brooklyn inside of New
York
Namesake - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a person with the same name as another
resilient - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔(adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to
recover quickly
Drought - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A long period of dry weather
plummeted - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔fall or drop straight down at high speed
, Debris - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the remains of something that has been destroyed
pledge - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to promise
notoriety - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the state of being known for some unfavorable act or
quality
tribute - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔(n.) something done or given to show thanks or respect; a
payment
Jarring - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔causing a physical shock, jolt, or vibration
Pledging - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to promise
Notoriety - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the state of being known for some unfavorable act or
quality
debris - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the remains of something that has been destroyed
harbor - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to give shelter or refuge
jarring - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔causing a physical shock, jolt, or vibration
gear - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔equipment
dread - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔fear
allegiance - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior
or of an individual to a group or cause.