Unit 1 - 5 words

Question 1

aberrant

Answer 1

deviating away from what is normal

Question 2

abeyance

Answer 2

temporary suppression or suspension or inactivity

Question 3

abject

Answer 3

miserable; pitiful

Question 4

abscond

Answer 4

to depart secretly

Question 5

abstemious

Answer 5

moderate in appetite

Question 6

admonish

Answer 6

to caution or reprimand; counsel against something

Question 7

aesthetic *

Answer 7

relating to beauty or art

Question 8

affinity *

Answer 8

fondness; liking; similarity

Question 9

abysmal *

Answer 9

very bad

Question 10

aggregate

Answer 10

total; amounting to a whole; to collect into a mass

Question 11

alacrity

Answer 11

cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed

Question 12

amalgamate

Answer 12

to combine into a unified whole

Question 13

ambiguous *

Answer 13

unclear or doubtful in meaning

Question 14

allure *

Answer 14

the power to entice by charm

Question 15

ambivalence

Answer 15

the state of having conflicting emotional atitudes

Question 16

ameliorate (um-meel-yuh-rate)

Answer 16

to improve

Question 17

anachronism

Answer 17

something out of the proper time

Question 18

analogous

Answer 18

comparable

Question 19

anomalous (anomaly) *

Answer 19

irregular; deviating from the norm

Question 20

antipathy

Answer 20

dislike; hostility

Question 21

appease *

Answer 21

to calm; pacify; placate

Question 22

Apathy

Answer 22

Absence of emotion or Excitement; free of passion; stoic