8-A & 8-B

Question 1

Altruism

Answer 1

Unselfish interest in the welfare of others

Question 2

Conscious

Answer 2

Mentally alert or active; aware of something

Question 3

Essential

Answer 3

Important in the highest degree; necessary

Question 4

Malice

Answer 4

Ill will; the desire to do or harm for the satisfaction of doing it

Question 5

Pride

Answer 5

A feeling of pleasure or satisfaction about your achievements or the achievements of someone close to you; an excessively high opinion of yourself

Question 6

Remarkable

Answer 6

Worthy of being noticed, esp. as being uncommon or extraordinary

Question 7

Retort

Answer 7

To answer back; to reply angrily or sharply

Question 8

Reverie

Answer 8

A daydream; the state of being lost in thought

Question 9

Sketch

Answer 9

A rough or unfinished drawing, giving the essential features without details

Question 10

Uncanny

Answer 10

Strange or mysterious, sometimes in an unsettling way

Question 11

Comic

Answer 11

Relating to comedy; causing laughter or amusement; funny

Question 12

Commonplace

Answer 12

Very common or ordinary

Question 13

Corridor

Answer 13

A passageway (as in school) into which doors open

Question 14

Edible

Answer 14

Fit or safe to be eaten

Question 15

Haggard

Answer 15

Looking thin, worn or exhausted, usually as the result of prolonged suffering or worry

Question 16

Heir

Answer 16

A person who inherits property

Question 17

Morose

Answer 17

Sullen; gloomy; sulky

Question 18

Ominous

Answer 18

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Question 19

Potable

Answer 19

Suitable for drinking

Question 20

Tragic

Answer 20

Causing (or characterized by) extreme distress or sorrow