English 1-11

Question 1

warrant

Answer 1

to prove to be reasonable

Question 2

viability

Answer 2

ability to be done in a practical or useful way

Question 3

unprecedented

Answer 3

completely new and never having happened before; historic

Question 4

squalid

Answer 4

run-down, sordid, or sleazy

Question 5

unmitigated

Answer 5

downright, utter, total

Question 6

surmount

Answer 6

to get on top of or overcome

Question 7

unilateral

Answer 7

one-sided

Question 8

stark

Answer 8

adj. very plain; devoid of any details or features

Question 9

undulate

Answer 9

v. to move as ripples or in a wavy pattern

Question 10

surly

Answer 10

adj. unfriendly; inclined to anger

Question 11

unadorned

Answer 11

adj. undecorated, plain

Question 12

ubiquitous

Answer 12

• adj. being everywhere at once

Question 13

temperament

Answer 13

• n. usual mood or feelings

Question 14

teeming

Answer 14

adj. abundantly filled.

Question 15

substantiate

Answer 15

v. to strengthen with new evidence or facts

Question 16

repudiate

Answer 16

v. to refuse to recognize as true

Question 17

ramify

Answer 17

to split into two or more branches

Question 18

qualitative

Answer 18

adj. involving qualities of something (features and content)

Question 19

pragmatic

Answer 19

• adj. practical, useful

Question 20

postulate

Answer 20

• v. to assert