unit 10

Question 1

frontiersman

Answer 1

man living on the frontier, one of the first settlers of an area

Question 2

doughboy

Answer 2

a u.s. soldier fighting on foot in ww1

Question 3

tributary

Answer 3

river or stream that flows into a larger one or into a lake

Question 4

transient

Answer 4

lasting for only a short time, brief, fleeting

Question 5

fat-cat

Answer 5

person who is rich and powerful

Question 6

freeboot

Answer 6

live off things stolen or plundered

Question 7

ubiquitous

Answer 7

seeming to be present everywhere or in several places at the same time

Question 8

affirmative

Answer 8

a word or statement that means yes

Question 9

staple

Answer 9

a main or principal item or element

Question 10

shroud

Answer 10

cover or hide sth with sth

Question 11

Americanism

Answer 11

a word or phrase used in American English

Question 12

pedigree

Answer 12

the background, history, or origin of sth

Question 13

degenerate

Answer 13

pass into a worse physical, mental or moral state

Question 14

inaugurate

Answer 14

mark the beginning of an organization or undertaking or open building, an exhibition

Question 15

hub

Answer 15

central point of activity

Question 16

bender

Answer 16

a period of activity, interest or importance

Question 17

scour

Answer 17

go over an area thoroughly searching for sb/sth

Question 18

jargon

Answer 18

technical or specialized words used by a particular group of people and difficult for others to understand

Question 19

lickety-split

Answer 19

very quickly

Question 20

gallop

Answer 20

an unusually fast speed

Question 21

prey on

Answer 21

make sb one’s victim

Question 22

turn to

Answer 22

go to sb for help, advice, etc

Question 23

stake a claim

Answer 23

mark out a piece of land as one’s own

Question 24

a new lease of life

Answer 24

chance to live longer or with greater vigor, satisfaction