English Vocab 4

Question 1

Alliance

Answer 1

A joining together for some common purpose

S: pact, league, coalition
A: rift, split

Question 2

Bewilder

Answer 2

To puzzle completely, confuse

SL perplex, confound
A: set straight, enlighten

Question 3

Buffoon

Answer 3

A clown; a coarse, stupid person

S: jester, dunce
A: scholar, stoic

Question 4

Controversial

Answer 4

Arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement

S: arguable, at issue

Question 5

Dishearten

Answer 5

To discourage

S: demoralize, dispirit
A: encourage, hearten

Question 6

Fruitless

Answer 6

Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful

S: useless, vain, unproductive
A: productive, effective

Question 7

Hostile

Answer 7

Unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive

A: friendly, cordial

Question 8

Inflammable

Answer 8

Easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused

S: flammable, excitable
A: Fire-resistant, calm

Question 9

Inflict

Answer 9

To give or cause something unpleasant, impose

S: deal out, visit upon
A; suffer, undergo, sustain

Question 10

Malignant

Answer 10

Deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious

S: wicked, malevolent
A: wholesome, beneficial

Question 11

Mortify

Answer 11

To hurt someone’s feeling deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering

S: embarrass, abash

Question 12

Orthodox

Answer 12

In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs of ways of doing things

S: traditionally, standard, customary
A: unusual, unconventional, heretical

Question 13

Procure

Answer 13

To obtain through special effort; to bring about

S: gain, achieve

Question 14

Scurry

Answer 14

To run quickly, scamper, hurry

S: rush, dash, scramble
A: trudge, plod, creep, crawl

Question 15

Sodden

Answer 15

Soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless

S: waterlogged, saturated
A: parched, arid

Question 16

Spirited

Answer 16

Full of life and vigor; courageous

S: lively, animated, gallant
A: lifeless, dull

Question 17

Virtual

Answer 17

Having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing

S: functioning as

Question 18

Void (3)

Answer 18

Adj.- completely empty; having no legal force or effect

S: invalid, vacant, bare
A: in effect, teeming with

Noun- empty or unfolded space

Verb- to cancel or nullify

A: confirm

Question 19

Wayward

Answer 19

Disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious

S: insubordinate; rebellious; perverse
A: docile, well-behaved, predictable

Question 20

Wince (2)

Answer 20

Verb- to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear

S: flinch, shudder

Noun- the act of drawing back in this way