Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant

Answer 1

ebullient

Question 2

to calm someone down; to placate

Answer 2

pacify

Question 3

implied; not spoken

Answer 3

tacit

Question 4

excessive love of one’s body or oneself

Answer 4

narcissism

Question 5

sweet; excessively or disgustingly sweet

Answer 5

saccharine

Question 6

a consequence; a branching out

Answer 6

ramification

Question 7

exercising sound judgement

Answer 7

judicious

Question 8

humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous

Answer 8

facetious

Question 9

a lie; something made up

Answer 9

fabrication

Question 10

scheming activity for an evil purpose

Answer 10

machination

Question 11

unoriginal; ordinary

Answer 11

banal

Question 12

harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds

Answer 12

cacophony

Question 13

talkative; chatty

Answer 13

garrulous

Question 14

using few words, especially to the point of seeming rude

Answer 14

laconic

Question 15

fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy

Answer 15

facile

Question 16

lack; scarcity

Answer 16

dearth

Question 17

to make fearful; to intimidate

Answer 17

daunt

Question 18

forgiving; gracious; noble in spirit; generous

Answer 18

magnanimous

Question 19

poison; torment; cause of harm

Answer 19

bane

Question 20

to step down from a position of power or responsibility

Answer 20

abdicate

Question 21

to make ashamed; to embarrass

Answer 21

abash

Question 22

to subside; to reduce

Answer 22

abate

Question 23

one who attacks popular beliefs or institutions

Answer 23

iconoclast

Question 24

a maze; something like a maze

Answer 24

labyrinth

Question 25

to modify or restrict

Answer 25

qualify