Sadlier Unit 10 (02.19.21)

Question 1

(v.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result

Answer 1

Accrue

Question 2

S: collect, accumulate, proceed from

Answer 2

Accrue

Question 3

A: dwindle, decrease, diminish, lessen

Answer 3

Accrue

Question 4

(n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a Literary work

Answer 4

Annotation

Question 5

(n.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion

Answer 5

Bedlam

Question 6

S: commotion, pandemonium, chaos, anarchy

Answer 6

Bedlam

Question 7

A: peace and quiet, order, tranquility

Answer 7

Bedlam

Question 8

S: (adj.) undercover, clandestine, sub-rosa

Answer 8

Covert

Question 9

A: (adj.) open, overt, undisguised

Answer 9

Covert

Question 10

(adj.) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded (n.) a sheltered place, a hiding place

Answer 10

Covert

Question 11

(adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance

Answer 11

Debonair

Question 12

S: carefree, jaunty, gracious, suave, urbane

Answer 12

Debonair

Question 13

A: distraught, agitated, boorish, churlish

Answer 13

Debonair

Question 14

(v.) to demand insistently, especially in a payment of a debt (n.) a creditor (adj.) dark, dull, drab, dingy

Answer 14

Dun

Question 15

S: (v.) hound, pester, harass, nag

Answer 15

Dun

Question 16

(adj.) effective, producing results

Answer 16

Efficacious

Question 17

S: effectual, efficient, potent, powerful

Answer 17

Efficacious

Question 18

A: ineffective, worthless, useless

Answer 18

Efficacious

Question 19

(n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic

Answer 19

Equanimity

Question 20

S: tranquility, imperturbability

Answer 20

Equanimity

Question 21

A: excitability, flappability, agitation

Answer 21

Equanimity

Question 22

(adj.) accidental, occuring by a happy chance

Answer 22

Fortuitous

Question 23

S: unintentional, unplanned, random, lucky

Answer 23

Fortuitous

Question 24

A: intentional, deliberate, premeditated

Answer 24

Fortuitous

Question 25

(n.) the essential part, main point, or essence

Answer 25

Gist

Question 26

S: substance, core, nucleus

Answer 26

Gist

Question 27

(adj.) overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling

Answer 27

Imperious

Question 28

S: domineering, magisterial, urgent, imperative

Answer 28

Imperious

Question 29

A: fawning, obsequious, humble, unassuming

Answer 29

Imperious

Question 30

(n.) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language (adj.) abusive, vituperative

Answer 30

Invective

Question 31

S: (n.) vituperation, abuse, diatribe, philippic

Answer 31

Invective

Question 32

A: (n.) tribute, panegyric, encomium

Answer 32

Invective

Question 33

(adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements many colors (n.) a jester's costume; a jester

Answer 33

Motley

Question 34

S: (adj.) variegated, heterogeneous, diverse; (n.) fool

Answer 34

Motley

Question 35

A: (adj.) uniform, homogeneous, monochromatic

Answer 35

Motley

Question 36

(adj.) extremely generous, lavish

Answer 36

Munificent

Question 37

S: bounteous, liberal

Answer 37

Munificent

Question 38

A: stingy, miserly, tightfisted, parsimonious

Answer 38

Munificent

Question 39

(n.) to delay, put off until later

Answer 39

Procrastinate

Question 40

S: stall, temporize, dillydally

Answer 40

Procrastinate

Question 41

(adj.) tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying

Answer 41

Provocative

Question 42

S: stimulating, arousing, vexing, galling

Answer 42

Provocative

Question 43

A: dull, insipid, unstimulating, bland

Answer 43

Provocative

Question 44

(adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding

Answer 44

Recondite

Question 45

S: esoteric, arcane, profound, abstruse

Answer 45

Recondite

Question 46

A: simple, uncomplicated

Answer 46

Recondite

Question 47

(n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel (adj.) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled (v.) to disapprove of, condemn

Answer 47

Reprobate

Question 48

S: (n.) scoundrel, blackguard; (adj.) immoral, corrupt

Answer 48

Reprobate

Question 49

A: (n.) saint; (adj.) upright, virtuous, moral

Answer 49

Reprobate

Question 50

(adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place

Answer 50

Sedentary

Question 51

S: seated, stationary, static

Answer 51

Sedentary

Question 52

A: active, peripatetic, migratory

Answer 52

Sedentary

Question 53

(adj.) freely given, not called for by circumstances

Answer 53

Gratuitous

Question 54

S: voluntary, unjustified

Answer 54

Gratuitous

Question 55

A: justified, warranted

Answer 55

Gratuitous