Group 4

Question 1

Augment

Answer 1

(v) Increase; make bigger

Because I want to augment my income, I am thinking about getting a second job.

Question 2

Complacent

Answer 2

(adj) self-satisfied; smug

I am rightfully not complacent with low quality service.

Question 3

Droll

Answer 3

(adj) dryly amusing

As the class clown, David had a droll comment for every point of the discussion.

Question 4

Galleon

Answer 4

(n) An ancient type of a sailing ship.

Do you know what museums have galleon ships up for view?

Question 5

Intermittent

Answer 5

(adj) occurring at irregular intervals; sporadic

The baby’s crying is intermittent and can occur at anytime.

Question 6

Mitigate

Answer 6

(v) lessen; make less severe

The doctor gave me a prescription to mitigate the pain.

Question 7

Perfidy

Answer 7

(n) deceitfulness; untrustworthiness; treachery

If you do business with criminals, you should not be shocked when their perfidy comes back to you in the form of a bullet in the back.

Question 8

Quandary

Answer 8

(n) dilemma; puzzled; confusion

Mark is in a quandary about whether or not he should keep the money he found in the park.

Question 9

Stifle

Answer 9

(v) to suppress; stop oneself acting on (an emotion)

Brady’s comment made her stifle a laugh.

Question 10

Virulent

Answer 10

(adj) dangerous; harmful

He came down with a virulent type of disease.