U5

Question 1

acute

Answer 1

(adjective) with a sharp point; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time

Question 2

numb

Answer 2

(adjective) having lost the power of feeling or movement; (verb) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling

Question 3

smug

Answer 3

(adjective) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous

Question 4

ravenous

Answer 4

(adjective) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction

Question 5

headstrong

Answer 5

(adjective) willful, stubborn

Question 6

eerie

Answer 6

(adjective) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious

Question 7

pacify

Answer 7

(verb) to make peaceful or calm; to soothe

Question 8

bluster

Answer 8

(verb) to talk or act in a noisy or threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; (noun) speech that is loud and threatening

Question 9

tarry

Answer 9

(verb) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while

Question 10

refute

Answer 10

(verb) to prove incorrect

Question 11

bungle

Answer 11

(verb) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness

Question 12

fidelity

Answer 12

(noun) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness

Question 13

commentary

Answer 13

(noun) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion

Question 14

duration

Answer 14

(noun) the length of time that something continues or lasts

Question 15

synopsis

Answer 15

(noun) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary

Question 16

remorse

Answer 16

(noun) deep and painful regret for one’s past

Question 17

facet

Answer 17

(noun) one aspect of side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem

Question 18

inhabitant

Answer 18

(noun) one living permanently in a given place

Question 19

setback

Answer 19

(noun) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall

Question 20

fray

Answer 20

(noun) a brawl, a noisy quarrel; (verb) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate