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.

Answer 2

Acknowledge

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Agent

Question 4

Showing no sign of weakening; showing no decrease.

Answer 4

Unabated

Question 5

Commonly accepted or recognized.

Answer 5

Acknowledged

Question 6

The right to give orders, make decisions, or take action.

Answer 6

Authority

Question 7

A group of people who have the right to enforce laws.

Answer 7

Authorities

Question 8

To ruin or destroy completely.

Answer 8

Devastate

Question 9

Causing destruction.

Answer 9

Devastating

Question 10

Great destruction.

Answer 10

Devastation

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Epidemic

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Estimate

Question 13

To force out of property by taking legal action.

Answer 13

Evict

Question 14

Not favoring one side more than another; fair.

Answer 14

Impartial

Question 15

Hardworking; not lazy.

Answer 15

Industrious

Question 16

To make very angry.

Answer 16

Infuriate

Question 17

Having nothing to do with the subject.

Answer 17

Irrelevant

Question 18

Exact; specific.

Answer 18

Precise

Question 19

Exactness.

Answer 19

Precision

Question 20

Something fake or false.
Not genuine; fake.
To pretend.

Answer 20

Sham

Question 21

A long, slow, and difficult journey.
To travel slowly and with difficulty.

Answer 21

Trek