<p> Vocabulary List #10 Quiz Date:</p><p>1. antithesis (n.) – direct or exact opposite, contrast</p><p>2a. benevolent (adj.) – kind, compassionate, generous, caring 2b. benevolence (n.) – kindness, compassion, munificence, generosity</p><p>3a. candid (adj.) – honest, frank, direct, open, forthright 3b. candor (n.) – honesty, frankness, openness, outspokenness</p><p>4. cessation (n.) – termination, the stopping of, end</p><p>5. clandestine (adj.) – secret, furtive, covert, underground</p><p>6. deference (n.) – respect, admiration, reverence</p><p>7. ephemeral (adj.) – short-lived, temporary, not lasting, transient</p><p>8. feign (v.) – to fake, to pretend</p><p>9. formidable (adj.) – fearsome, dreadful, menacing, </p><p>10. hackneyed (adj.) – trite, unimaginative, common, dull, ordinary</p><p>11. halcyon (adj.) – calm, peaceful, heavenly, tranquil, untroubled</p><p>12. incessant (adj.) – ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted, persistent</p><p>13. inundate (v.) – overwhelm, flood, swamp</p><p>14a. languid (adj.) – indolent, unenergetic, lethargic, lazy 14b. languor (n.) – indolence, laziness, torpor, lethargy</p><p>15. malevolent (adj.) – spiteful, malicious, nasty, evil</p><p>16. mollify (v.) – to soothe, to calm, to placate</p><p>17a. permeable (adj.) holey, leaky, porous 17b. permeate (v.) – to pass through, saturate, encompass</p><p>18. quandary (n.) – dilemma, problem, predicament</p><p>19. raze (v.) – to tear down, destroy, demolish</p><p>20a. squalid (adj.) – dirty, filthy, foul 20b. squalor (n.) – filth, corruption </p><p>Bonus: Prefixes and roots: anti – against; opposite of bene – well; good mal – bad; wrongful cess – stop </p>