English 11 - set 2

Question 1

alleviate

Answer 1

v. to make (as suffering) more bearable; to partially remove or correct

Question 2

astute

Answer 2

adj. having or showing shrewdness, crafty, wily shrewd

Question 3

brevity

Answer 3

adj. shortness of duration; shortness or conciseness of expression

Question 4

callous

Answer 4

adj. feeling not emotions; having or showing no sympathy for others; hard hearted

Question 5

dalliance

Answer 5

n. an act of wasting time by loitering or delaying

Question 6

discern

Answer 6

v. to detect with the eyes; to detect with the senses other than vision

Question 7

eccentric

Answer 7

adj. deviating from an established or usual style

Question 8

engender

Answer 8

v. to cause to exist or develop; to beget

Question 9

heterogeneity

Answer 9

n. the quality of being dissimilar or diverse in makeup

Question 10

immutable

Answer 10

adj. not capable of or susceptible to change

Question 11

languid

Answer 11

adj. drooping or sagging from or as if from exhaustion; weak listless

Question 12

litigious

Answer 12

adj. disputatious; contentious; prone to engage in lawsuits

Question 13

mitigate

Answer 13

v. to cause to become less harsh or hostile to make less severe or painful

Question 14

negligible

Answer 14

adj. so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention

Question 15

reprehensible

Answer 15

adj. worth of or deserving disapproval or censure

Question 16

salubrious

Answer 16

adj. favorable or promoting health or well-being

Question 17

repudiate

Answer 17

v. to refuse to accept; to reject as untrue or unjust

Question 18

solicitous

Answer 18

adj. manifesting or expressing concern or anxiety; full of concern or fear; full of desire, eager

Question 19

vacillation

Answer 19

n. an act or instance of wavering in mind, will or feeling; hesitation in choice of opinions or courses

Question 20

deride

Answer 20

v. to laugh at contemptuously; to subject to usual bitter or contemptuous ridicule