English Vocabulary (Unit 14)

Question 1

amplify (v.)

Answer 1

to make stronger; larger, greater, louder, or the like

Question 2

armistice (n.)

Answer 2

a temporary peace, halt in fighting

Question 3

arrogant (adj.)

Answer 3

haughty, too convinced of one’s own importance

Question 4

bland (adj.)

Answer 4

gentle, soothing, mild; lacking interest or taste

Question 5

disclaim (v.)

Answer 5

to deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to

Question 6

epoch (n.)

Answer 6

a distinct period of time, age

Question 7

estrange (v.)

Answer 7

to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep at a distance

Question 8

gratify (v.)

Answer 8

to please, satisfy; to indulge or humor

Question 9

infinite (adj. and n. and n. - three definitions total)

Answer 9

(adj. ) exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless
(n. ) an incalculable number, the concept of infinite
(n. ) a name for God

Question 10

irascible (adj.)

Answer 10

easily made angry, hot-tempered

Question 11

kindred (n. and adj.)

Answer 11

(n. ) a person’s relatives; a family relationship

(adj. ) like, similar

Question 12

naive (adj.)

Answer 12

innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience

Question 13

niche (n.)

Answer 13

a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing

Question 14

obliterate (v.)

Answer 14

to blot out completely, destroy utterly

Question 15

ramshackle (adj.)

Answer 15

appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky

Question 16

ramsack (v.)

Answer 16

to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder

Question 17

rote (n. and adj.)

Answer 17

(n. ) unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something
(adj. ) based on a mechanical routine

Question 18

solvent (adj., adj., n., and n. - four definitions total)

Answer 18

(adj. ) able to meet one’s financial obligations
(adj. ) having the power to dissolve other substances
(n. ) a liquid used to dissolve other substances
(n. ) something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens

Question 19

vendor (n.)

Answer 19

(n.) a person who sells something

Question 20

tedious (adj.0

Answer 20

long and tiresome