Unit 1

Question 1

To become weaker; to decrease

Answer 1

abate

Question 2

To admit the existence of
To express recognition or thanks for
Commonly accepted or recognized

Answer 2

Acknowledge

Question 3

A person who acts or does business for another
Something that brings out a result

Answer 3

Agent

Question 4

The right to give orders (leader)

Answer 4

Authority

Question 5

To ruin or destroy completely
Causing destruction
Great destruction

Answer 5

devastate

Question 6

The rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time
Spreading rapidly as a disease over a wide area

Answer 6

epidemic

Question 7

A number that is not exact; a careful guess
To figure out roughly; to make an approximate calculation

Answer 7

estimate

Question 8

To force out of property by taking legal action

Answer 8

evict

Question 9

Not favoring one side more than another; fair

Answer 9

impartial

Question 10

Hardworking; not lazy

Answer 10

industrious

Question 11

To make very angry

Answer 11

infuriate

Question 12

Having nothing to do with the subject

Answer 12

irrelevant

Question 13

Exact; specific
Exactness

Answer 13

precise

Question 14

something fake or false
Not genuine; fake
To pretend

Answer 14

sham

Question 15

A long, slow, and difficult journey
To travel slowly and with difficultly

Answer 15

trek