English 10 Semester Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Alluring - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅attractive, powerfully and mysteriously attractive or
fascinating
Curtail - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅restrict, reduce in extend or quantity, impose a
restriction on
Disdain - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅scorn, the feeling that someone or something is
unworthy of one's consideration or respect and contempt
Flaunt - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to show off, display ostentatiously, especially in order
to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance
Impetuous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reckless, acting or done quickly and without
thought or care
Pervade - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅spread throughout, be perceived in every part of
Pestilent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅deadly; destructive to life
Sedate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅calm, dignified, and unhurried
Solace - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅comfort, consolation in a time of distress or sadness
Stagnation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅motionless, the state of not flowing or moving
Periphery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the outer limits or edge of an area or object
Traumatic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅emotionally disturbing or distressing
Anachronism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a thing belonging or appropriate to a period
other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned
Euthanasia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the painless killing of a patient suffering from an
incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma
Genealogy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a line of descent traced from an ancestor
Physcopath - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a person affected by chronic mental disorder with
abnormal or violent social behavior
Anthropomorphic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅having human characteristics
, Hypodermic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅relating to the region immediately beneath the
skin
Hierarchy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a system or organization in which people or groups
are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
Dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the loss of removal of water from something
Cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅all the mental activities associated with thinking,
knowing, remembering, and communicating
Corpulent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅excessively fat
Dormant - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅inactive
Elaborate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅detailed; careful; thorough
Innovate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to be creative; to introduce something new
Insoluble - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅incapable of being dissolved
Interrogation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅questioning
Sentiment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a feeling about something
Sonorous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style
Transcribe - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to write down or record; to translate
Beguile - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a
deceptive way
Demure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reserved, modest, and shy
Equanimity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅mental calmness, composure, and evenness of
temper, especially in a difficult situation
Fortitude - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅courage in pain or adversity
Hidebound - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅unwilling or unable to change because of tradition
or convention
Laud - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅praise (a person or their achievements) highly, especially
in a public context
Obscurity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or
unimportant
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Alluring - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅attractive, powerfully and mysteriously attractive or
fascinating
Curtail - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅restrict, reduce in extend or quantity, impose a
restriction on
Disdain - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅scorn, the feeling that someone or something is
unworthy of one's consideration or respect and contempt
Flaunt - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to show off, display ostentatiously, especially in order
to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance
Impetuous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reckless, acting or done quickly and without
thought or care
Pervade - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅spread throughout, be perceived in every part of
Pestilent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅deadly; destructive to life
Sedate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅calm, dignified, and unhurried
Solace - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅comfort, consolation in a time of distress or sadness
Stagnation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅motionless, the state of not flowing or moving
Periphery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the outer limits or edge of an area or object
Traumatic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅emotionally disturbing or distressing
Anachronism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a thing belonging or appropriate to a period
other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned
Euthanasia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the painless killing of a patient suffering from an
incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma
Genealogy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a line of descent traced from an ancestor
Physcopath - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a person affected by chronic mental disorder with
abnormal or violent social behavior
Anthropomorphic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅having human characteristics
, Hypodermic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅relating to the region immediately beneath the
skin
Hierarchy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a system or organization in which people or groups
are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
Dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the loss of removal of water from something
Cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅all the mental activities associated with thinking,
knowing, remembering, and communicating
Corpulent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅excessively fat
Dormant - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅inactive
Elaborate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅detailed; careful; thorough
Innovate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to be creative; to introduce something new
Insoluble - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅incapable of being dissolved
Interrogation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅questioning
Sentiment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a feeling about something
Sonorous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style
Transcribe - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to write down or record; to translate
Beguile - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a
deceptive way
Demure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reserved, modest, and shy
Equanimity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅mental calmness, composure, and evenness of
temper, especially in a difficult situation
Fortitude - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅courage in pain or adversity
Hidebound - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅unwilling or unable to change because of tradition
or convention
Laud - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅praise (a person or their achievements) highly, especially
in a public context
Obscurity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or
unimportant
