Lessons 4-6

Question 1

Define:

ambiguous

Answer 1

adj. of unclear meaning, something that can be
understood in more than one way
adv. ambiguously Syn. vague
n. ambiguity

Question 2

Define:

apparent

Answer 2

adj. to be clear in meaning or open to view, easily
understood
adv. apparently Syn. Visible

Question 3

Define:

arbitrary

Answer 3

adj. an action or decision made with little thought, order, or reason
adv. arbitrarily
n. arbitrariness Syn. haphazard

Question 4

Define:

assert

Answer 4

n. to express or defend oneself strongly, to state positively
adv. assertively n. assertiveness Syn. declare n. assertion adj. assertive

Question 5

Define:

astounding

Answer 5

adj. very surprising
v. astound Syn. astonishing
adv. Astoundingly

Question 6

Define:

astute

Answer 6

adj. very intelligent, smart, clever
adj. astutely Syn. perceptive
n. astuteness

Question 7

Define:

authorize

Answer 7

v. to give permission or power to do something
adj. authorized
n. authority

Question 8

Define:

deceptively

Answer 8

adv. to make someone think that something is
true or good when it is false or bad; adj. deceptive
v. deceive Syn. misleadingly
n. deception

Question 9

Define:

determined

Answer 9

adj. to be strong in one’s opinion, to be firm in conviction ; n. determination v. determine Syn. Resolute

Question 10

Define:

elicit

Answer 10

v. to get the facts, to draw out, to evoke

n. elicitation Syn. Extract

Question 11

Define:

forbid

Answer 11

v. to command not to do something
to have a dangerous look, bad feeling; adj. forbidden ; adj. forbidding
adv. forbiddingly Syn. Ban

Question 12

Define:

petition

Answer 12

v. to make a request

n. petition Syn. appeal

Question 13

Define:

relinquish

Answer 13

v. to give up control

n. relinquishment Syn. abdicate

Question 14

Define:

resilient

Answer 14

adj. strong enough to recover from difficulty or disease; adv. resiliently; n. resilience Syn. Tenacious

Question 15

Define:

tempt

Answer 15

v. to make it attractive to do something wrong
adv. temptingly
n. temptation adj. tempting Syn. Entice

Question 16

Define:

amaze

Answer 16

v. to fill with great surprise
adv. amazingly Syn. astonish
n. amazement adj. amazing

Question 17

Define:

baffle

Answer 17

v. to confuse to a point at which no
adj. baffling progress can be made
n. bafflement Syn. Puzzle

Question 18

Define:

bear

Answer 18

v. to produce, to carry; to show; to endure
adj. bearably
adj. bearable
Syn. Yield

Question 19

Define:

block

Answer 19

v. to prevent movement progress, or success; n. blockage; adj. blocked Syn. Obstruct

Question 20

Define:

blur

Answer 20

v. to make something difficult to see
adj. blurred Syn. cloud
n. blur

Question 21

Define:

brilliant

Answer 21

adj. intensely bright or colorful, intelligent
adv. brilliantly Syn. radiant
n. brilliance

Question 22

Define:

caution

Answer 22

v. to alert someone of danger, the act of taking care of, or paying attention to something; adj. cautious; adj. cautionary
adv. cautiously; n. caution Syn. Warn

Question 23

Define:

challenge

Answer 23

n. an invitation to complete, something that
demands competitive action or much thought;
adj. challenging v. challenge Syn. Dare

Question 24

Define:

delicate

Answer 24

adj. needing careful treatment, sensitive, easily broken
adv. delicately
Syn. Fragile

Question 25

Define:

enhance

Answer 25

v. to increase in a positive way, such as in value, power, or beauty
n. enhancement
adj. enhanced Syn. Strengthen

Question 26

Define:

intrigue

Answer 26

a. to interest greatly
adj. intriguing Syn. fascinate
adv. intriguingly n. intrigue

Question 27

Define:

persuade

Answer 27

v. to change a belief or behavior by argument or reason
adv. persuasively
adj. persuasive Syn. convince
n. persuasion

Question 28

Define:

replace

Answer 28

v. to change for another thing; to take the place of

adj. replaceable; n. replacement Syn. Substitute

Question 29

Define:

shed

Answer 29

v. to throw off naturally, to give out

Syn. Discard

Question 30

Define:

unique

Answer 30

adj. to be the only one of a kind; special
adv. uniquely; Syn. rare
n. uniqueness

Question 31

Define:

chiefly

Answer 31

adv. most importantly or most commonly

adj. chief Syn. Mostly

Question 32

Define:

coarse

Answer 32

adj. not fine or smooth, not delicate
adv. coarsely Syn. rough
n. coarseness

Question 33

Define:

commonplace

Answer 33

adj. ordinary

Syn. Frequent

Question 34

Define:

comparatively

Answer 34

adv. being measured or judged by comparison
adj. comparative Syn. relatively
v. compare n. comparison

Question 35

Define:

complex

Answer 35

adj. difficult to understand or explain; having many parts; n. complexity
Syn. Complicated

Question 36

Define:

conventional

Answer 36

adj. following accepted rules or standards
adv. conventionally Syn. traditional
n. convention

Question 37

Define:

curious

Answer 37

adj. odd or strange; eager to learn

adv. curiously; Syn. Peculiar

Question 38

Define:

exceedingly

Answer 38

adv. Very,to an unusual degree
v. exceed Syn. extremely
n. excess adj. excessive adv. Excessively

Question 39

Define:

exclusively

Answer 39

adv. no one else, nothing else,not shared
adj. exclusive with others
n. exclusion Syn. restrictively
v. exclude

Question 40

Define:

immense

Answer 40

adj. extremely large
adv. immensely Syn. massive
n. immensity

Question 41

Define:

indeed

Answer 41

adv. Certainly, really (used to make a statement
stronger)
Syn. truly

Question 42

Define:

rigid

Answer 42

adj. not easy to bend; firm, inflexible

adv. rigidly; Syn. stiff

Question 43

Define:

routinely

Answer 43

adv. regularly, usually done

adj. routine Syn. ordinarily

Question 44

Define:

sufficiently

Answer 44

adv. enough, in a satisfying manner
n. sufficiency Syn. adequately
adj. sufficient; v. suffice

Question 45

Define:

visibly

Answer 45

adv. can be seen
adj. visible; n. vision; v. view, adj. visionary
Syn. noticeably
* power of imagination or wisdom, especially with regard to the future