Lesson 9

Question 1

Cautionary

Answer 1

Offering or serving as a warning

Question 2

Constrain

Answer 2

To confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity

Question 3

Flotilla

Answer 3

A fleet or boats or small ships

Question 4

Gossamer

Answer 4

Thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze;

A fine, filmy substance made of strand of cobweb

Question 5

Ignominious

Answer 5

Marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace

Question 6

Incur

Answer 6

To bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as debt

Question 7

Liquidate

Answer 7

To settle the affairs of a business;

To convert into cash

Question 8

Magnate

Answer 8

An important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business

Question 9

Misnomer

Answer 9

A name that does not fit

Question 10

Onerous

Answer 10

Burdensome;

Oppressive

Question 11

Pandemonium

Answer 11

A state or place or great confusion or uproar

Question 12

Quixotic

Answer 12

Romantic and idealistic, but impractical

Question 13

Tenacious

Answer 13

Holding fast;

Persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual

Question 14

Vestige

Answer 14

A trace or something that once was present

Question 15

Zephyr

Answer 15

A light, gentle breeze