Chapter 3 - IX

Question 1

unkempt

Answer 1

having an untidy or disheveled appearance.

Question 2

dire

Answer 2

extremely serious or urgent.

Question 3

arduous

Answer 3

involving or requiring strenuous effort, difficult and tiring.

Question 4

unsophisticated

Answer 4

lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.

Question 5

callous

Answer 5

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

Question 6

deliberate

Answer 6

done consciously and intentionally.

Question 7

scorn

Answer 7

feel or express contempt or derision for.

Question 8

herald

Answer 8

be a sign that something is about to happen.

Question 9

ratify

Answer 9

sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.

Question 10

stolen

Answer 10

take another person’s property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Question 11

exacerbate

Answer 11

make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse.

Question 12

appropriate

Answer 12

take something for one’s own use, typically without the owner’s permission.

Question 13

suspicious

Answer 13

having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something.

Question 14

benign

Answer 14

gentle; kindly.

Question 15

risque

Answer 15

slightly indecent and liable to shock, especially by being sexually suggestive.

Question 16

immigrate

Answer 16

come to live permanently in a foreign country.

Question 17

decamp

Answer 17

depart suddenly or secretly, especially to relocate one’s business or household in another area.

Question 18

pander

Answer 18

gratify or indulge an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.

Question 19

peaceful

Answer 19

free from disturbance; tranquil.

Question 20

reverent

Answer 20

feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.

Question 21

congenial

Answer 21

pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one’s own.

Question 22

bolster

Answer 22

support or strengthen; prop up.

Question 23

erode

Answer 23

gradually wear away soil, rock, or land.

Question 24

fester

Answer 24

become septic; suppurate.

Question 25

dull

Answer 25

lacking interest or excitement.

Question 26

bogus

Answer 26

not genuine or true; fake.

Question 27

genuine

Answer 27

truly what something is said to be; authentic.

Question 28

unnecessary

Answer 28

not needed.

Question 29

unfamiliar

Answer 29

not known or recognized.