Sadlier Unit 14

Question 1

(adj) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive;
responsive; liable to be held responsible

Answer 1

Amenable

Question 2

S: agreeable, compliant, docile

Answer 2

Amenable

Question 3

A: unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant

Answer 3

Amenable

Question 4

(v) to scold sharply

Answer 4

Berate

Question 5

S: chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand

Answer 5

Berate

Question 6

A: praise, compliment, pat on the back

Answer 6

Berate

Question 7

(n) large-scale slaughter or loss of life

Answer 7

Carnage

Question 8

S: butchery, bloodbath, massacre

Answer 8

Carnage

Question 9

(adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived

Answer 9

Credulous

Question 10

S: gullible

Answer 10

Credulous

Question 11

A: dubious, skeptical

Answer 11

Credulous

Question 12

(n.) a rule, test; a standard of judgement or evaluation

Answer 12

Criterion

Question 13

S: yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon

Answer 13

Criterion

Question 14

(v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

Answer 14

Deplete

Question 15

S: exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt

Answer 15

Deplete

Question 16

A: replenish, refill, restock, resupply

Answer 16

Deplete

Question 17

(v.) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

Answer 17

Expatiate

Question 18

S: elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam

Answer 18

Expatiate

Question 19

A: sketch roughly, summarize, condense, adumbrate

Answer 19

Expatiate

Question 20

(adj.) coming from the outside, foreign,; present but not essential,
irrelevant

Answer 20

Extraneous

Question 21

S: incidental, extrinsic

Answer 21

Extraneous

Question 22

A: intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane

Answer 22

Extraneous

Question 23

(n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

Answer 23

Inception

Question 24

S: commencement, inauguration, outset

Answer 24

Inception

Question 25

A: completion, conclusion, termination

Answer 25

Inception

Question 26

(n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)

Answer 26

Infirmity

Question 27

S: affliction, malady, defect

Answer 27

Infirmity

Question 28

A: stimulating, mature

Answer 28

Infirmity

Question 29

(adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance immature, juvenile

Answer 29

Jejune

Question 30

S: vapid, insipid, puerile, childish

Answer 30

Jejune

Question 31

A: stimulating, mature

Answer 31

Jejune

Question 32

(adj.) stubborn, unyielding

Answer 32

Obdurate

Question 33

S: obstinate, adamant

Answer 33

Obdurate

Question 34

A: yielding, tractable, flexible

Answer 34

Obdurate

Question 35

(n.) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

Answer 35

Potpourri

Question 36

S: hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley

Answer 36

Potpourri

Question 37

A: homogenous or uniform group

Answer 37

Potpourri

Question 38

(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

Answer 38

Precocious

Question 39

S: forward, gifted, advanced

Answer 39

Precocious

Question 40

A: backward, retarded, slow

Answer 40

Precocious

Question 41

(adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

Answer 41

Sadistic

Question 42

S: brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish

Answer 42

Sadistic

Question 43

A: masochistic, clement, humane, merciful

Answer 43

Sadistic

Question 44

(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy

Answer 44

Sententious

Question 45

S: aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic

Answer 45

Sententious

Question 46

A: discursive, diffuse, episodic

Answer 46

Sententious

Question 47

(v.) to beg earnestly and humbly

Answer 47

Supplicate

Question 48

S: plead, petition, implore, entreat

Answer 48

Supplicate

Question 49

(n. ) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust (v. ) to feed or supply with anything to excess

Answer 49

Surfeit

Question 50

S: (n.) excess, glut; (v.) cloy, satiate

Answer 50

Surfeit

Question 51

A: (n.) dearth, paucity, lack

Answer 51

Surfeit

Question 52

(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked,; highly involved, complex; devious

Answer 52

Tortuous

Question 53

S: circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine

Answer 53

Tortuous

Question 54

A: direct, straight, straightforward

Answer 54

Tortuous

Question 55

(adj.) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language

Answer 55

Turgid

Question 56

S: inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown

Answer 56

Turgid

Question 57

A: muted, understated, unadorned, austere

Answer 57

Turgid