LA/Lit- Unit 8

Question 1

Closed, blocked, impenetrable

Answer 1

Impassible

Question 2

Military, war like, hostile, bellicose

Answer 2

Martial

Question 3

Outset, beginning, commencement

Answer 3

Onset

Question 4

Frightening, menacing, ominous

Answer 4

Sinister

Question 5

Fixed, stationary, unmoving, rooted

Answer 5

Immobile

Question 6

A handcuff; to put in chains, fetter

Answer 6

Manacle

Question 7

In default, in the red; late, overdue

Answer 7

Arrears

Question 8

Subject to decay, short-lived, fleeting

Answer 8

Perishable

Question 9

Jolly, merry, cheerful, festive

Answer 9

Jovial

Question 10

To recover, regain; to fetch

Answer 10

Retrieve

Question 11

A waterfall; to plunge, rush, tumble

Answer 11

Cascade

Question 12

A change, modernization; a new wrinkle

Answer 12

Innovation

Question 13

Well, prosperity; plenty, abundance

Answer 13

Affluence

Question 14

A divider, separation; to subdivide

Answer 14

Partition

Question 15

Grouchy, crabby, cranky; eccentric

Answer 15

Crotchety

Question 16

A shape, arrangement, layout, design

Answer 16

Format

Question 17

Quick, lively, agile; keen, clever; flexible

Answer 17

Nimble

Question 18

to flinch, duck, shrink, cower

Answer 18

Cringe

Question 19

Tight, strained; orderly, shipshape

Answer 19

Taut

Question 20

The least possible; smallest

Answer 20

Minimum