Words to know for test

• Relay


  A race between teams in which each member of the team runs or swims one section of the race
• Prodigy


  A young person whose intelligence or skill is unusually good for their age
• Sidekick


  A person who helps another more important or more intelligent
• Liable


  a. Legally responsible for paying the cost of something

  b. Likely to do something
• Crouch


  Put your body close to the ground by bending your legs under you
• Clutch


  To hold somebody/something tightly
• Collaborate


  To work together with somebody in order to produce or achieve something
• Diatribe


  A long and angry speech or piece of writing attacking and criticizing somebody/something
• Provisions


  The act of supplying somebody with something that they need or want; something that is supplied
• Commend


  To praise somebody/something, especially publicly
• Impudent


  Rude; not showing respect for other people
• Ransom


  Money that is paid to somebody so that they will set free a person who is being kept as a prisoner by them
• Comply


  To obey a rule, an order, etc.; to meet particular standards
• Proposition


  An idea or a plan of action that is suggested, especially in business
• Dingy


  Dark and dirty
• Minuscule


  Extremely small
• Propriety


  Moral and social behaviour that is considered to be correct and acceptable
• Turmoil


  A state of great worry in which everything is confused and nothing is certain
• Vileness


  The fact of being extremely unpleasant or bad
• Aberration


  A fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable
• Acute


  Very serious or severe
• Crevice


  A narrow opening in a rock or wall
• Stealthily


  Quietly and secretly
• Vehemently


  In a way that shows very strong feelings, especially anger
• Audacity


  Behaviour that is brave but likely to shock or offend people
• Derision


  A strong feeling that somebody/something is silly and not worth considering seriously, shown by laughing in an unkind way or by making unkind remarks
• Stifle


  To prevent something from happening; to prevent a feeling from being expressed
• Vex


  To annoy or worry somebody
• Conceive


  To form an idea, a plan, etc. in your mind
• Hypocritical


  Behaving in a way that does not meet the moral standards or match the opinions that you claim to have
• Contradiction


  A lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc.
• Replete


  Filled with something; with a full supply of something
• Unravel


  If you unravel threads that are twisted, woven or knitted, or if they unravel, they become separated
• Interrogation


  The act of asking somebody a lot of questions over a long period of time, especially in an aggressive way
• Summon


  a. To order somebody to appear in court

  b. To arrange an official meeting
• ponder: think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion
•  concession - a right or privilege granted by a government or authority to a person or company
• pungent: having a sharply strong taste or smell
• foresight: the ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future
• adversary: one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute