Wordly Wise 3000 Book 6 Lesson 19

Front 1

apex

Back 1

n. The highest point of something.

Hint 1

Visitors can climb to the apex of the Temple of the Sun, a pyramid in Mexico.

Front 2

collusion

Back 2

n. A secret agreement between parties for criminal or deceitful purposes.

Hint 2

The four companies were cited for acting in collusion to fix prices illegally.

Front 3

incinerate

Back 3

v. To burn to ashes.

Hint 3

Before recycling became the norm, we used to incinerate all our old newspapers in the furnace.

Front 4

indict

Back 4

v. To charge with a crime.

Hint 4

After a preliminary hearing the defendant was indicted for shoplifting.

Front 5

judicial

Back 5

adj. Having to do with judges, the law, or the courts.

Hint 5

Standard judicial attire in the United States is a long black robe.

Front 6

martyr

Back 6

n. One who chooses to suffer or die rather than give up beliefs or principles. v. To be put to death for one’s beliefs.

Hint 6

The flames were now applied to the logs, when our martyr sung a hymn with so loud and cheerful a voice that he was heard through all the cracklings of the combustibles, and the noise of the multitude.

Front 7

multitude

Back 7

n. 1) A large number of people or things.
2) A crowd.

Hint 7

Helicopters flew overhead as the president addressed the multitude.

Front 8

rescind

Back 8

v. To do away with; to cancel.

Hint 8

The Citadel, a South Carolina military college, rescinded its ban on admitting women following a court order in 1995.

Front 9

revere

Back 9

v. To have great respect and affection for.

Hint 9

Many people have revered George Washington for his character and leadership.

Front 10

scion

Back 10

n. 1) A descendant or heir.
2) A cutting from a plant used to produce new growth.

Hint 10

Britain’s Prince Charles is a scion of the House of Windsor.

Front 11

sordid

Back 11

adj. Dirty or disgusting.

Hint 11

The sordid details of the senator’s bribe-taking were revealed in his diary.

Front 12

suave

Back 12

adj. Smoothly polite; blandly pleasing.

Hint 12

She had such a suave demeanor that she charmed almost everyone she met.

Front 13

travesty

Back 13

n. A distorted example or imitation.

Hint 13

Some news stations turn the reporting of world events into a travesty of responsible journalism.

Front 14

vindicate

Back 14

v. 1) To free from blame, guilt or suspicion.
2) To show to be true or right.

Hint 14

The company was asked to vindicate its claim that its products were safe.

Front 15

vitriolic

Back 15

adj. Having a sharp, biting quality; bitterly sarcastic.

Hint 15

I concluded from the vitriolic Boston reviews that the play would not make it to Broadway.