English Vocal 14

Question 1

amplify

Answer 1

to make stronger, larger, greater, louder

Question 2

armistice

Answer 2

a temporary peace, halt in fighting

Question 3

arrogant

Answer 3

haughty, too convinced of one;s own importance

Question 4

bland

Answer 4

gentle, smoothing; lacking interest or taste

Question 5

disclaim

Answer 5

to deny interest or connection with

Question 6

epoch

Answer 6

a distinct period of time, era, age

Question 7

estrange

Answer 7

to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation

Question 8

gratify

Answer 8

to please, satisfy; to indulge or humor

Question 9

infinite

Answer 9

exceedingly great, endless; incalculable number

Question 10

irascible

Answer 10

easily made angry

Question 11

kindred

Answer 11

a person’s relatives, a family relationship; related by blood, similar

Question 12

naive

Answer 12

innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience

Question 13

niche

Answer 13

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

Question 14

obliterate

Answer 14

to blot out completely, destroy utterly

Question 15

ramshackle

Answer 15

appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky

Question 16

ransack

Answer 16

to search or examine thoroughly; to rob

Question 17

rote

Answer 17

unthinking routine, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something

Question 18

solvent

Answer 18

able to meet one’s financial obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances

Question 19

tedious

Answer 19

long and tiresome

Question 20

vendor

Answer 20

a person who sells something