lesson 10

Question 1

acrimonious
bitter, angry

Answer 1

caustic

Question 2

to make better, to relieve, to improve

Answer 2

ameliorate

Question 3

open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable

Answer 3

amenable

Question 4

shapeless, having no definite form

Answer 4

amorphous

Question 5

capable of floating; cheerful

Answer 5

buoyant

Question 6

to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle

Answer 6

cajole

Question 7

a serious event causing distress or misfortune

Answer 7

calamity

Question 8

to reduce in dignity or quality

Answer 8

debase

Question 9

to erase, to wear away

Answer 9

efface

Question 10

to make clear, to explain

Answer 10

elucidate

Question 11

lasting a short period of time, fleeting

Answer 11

ephemeral

Question 12

savagery

Answer 12

ferocity

Question 13

to thrive, to grow well

Answer 13

flourish

Question 14

arrogant, excessively proud and vain

Answer 14

haughty

Question 15

incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged

Answer 15

impervious

Question 16

lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid

Answer 16

inane

Question 17

laziness

Answer 17

indolence

Question 18

incapable of error

Answer 18

infallible

Question 19

difficult to understand; mysterious

Answer 19

inscrutable

Question 20

slow, sluggish, listless, weak

Answer 20

languid