Language Arts: Unit 4 vocabulary

Question 1

alliance

Answer 1

joining together for some common purpose

Question 2

bewilder

Answer 2

to puzzle completely or confuse

Question 3

buffoon

Answer 3

a clown, coarse or stupid person

Question 4

controversial

Answer 4

arousing argument, dispute or disagreement

Question 5

dishearten

Answer 5

to discourage

Question 6

fruitless

Answer 6

not producing the desired results, unsuccessful

Question 7

hostile

Answer 7

unfriendly, unfavorable, warlike, aggressive

Question 8

inflammable

Answer 8

easily set on fire, easily angered or aroused

Question 9

inflict

Answer 9

to give or cause something unpleasant, impose

Question 10

malignant

Answer 10

deadly, extremely hurtful, evil, spiteful, malicious

Question 11

mortify

Answer 11

to hurt someone’s feelings deeply, to cause embarassment or humiliation,
to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering

Question 12

orthodox

Answer 12

in agreement with the established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things

Question 13

procure

Answer 13

to obtain through special effort

to bring about

Question 14

scurry

Answer 14

to run quickly, hurry or scamper

Question 15

sodden

Answer 15

soaked with liquid or moisture

expressionless, dull, spiritless, listless

Question 16

spirited

Answer 16

full of life and vigor, courageous

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

Question 18

void

Answer 18

completely empty, having no legal force or effect
empty or unfilled space
to cancel or nullify

Question 19

wayward

Answer 19

disobedient
willful
unpredictable or capricious

Question 20

wince

Answer 20

to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear

the act of drawing back in this way