Unit 11

Question 1

virulent

Answer 1

(adj) extremely severe or harmful in its effects; bitterly, hostile

Question 2

repudiate

Answer 2

(verb) refuse to accept or be associated with

Question 3

lucid

Answer 3

(adj) expressed clearly; easy to understand; bright, luminous

Question 4

auspicious

Answer 4

(adj) conducive to success; favorable

Question 5

augment

Answer 5

(verb) make greater by adding to it; increase

Question 6

laudable

Answer 6

(adj) deserving praise and commendation

Question 7

banal

Answer 7

(adj) so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Question 8

deference

Answer 8

(noun) humble submission and respect

Question 9

vacillate

Answer 9

(verb) alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

Question 10

torpor

Answer 10

(noun) a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy

Question 11

pragmatic

Answer 11

(adj) dealing with things sensibly and realistically

Question 12

ascetic

Answer 12

(adj or noun) practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons

Question 13

dogmatic

Answer 13

(adj) inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true

Question 14

volition

Answer 14

(noun) the faculty or power of using one’s will

Question 15

innocuous

Answer 15

(adj) not harmful or offensive

Question 16

disparate

Answer 16

(adj or noun) things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison

Question 17

disparage

Answer 17

(verb) regard or represent as being of little worth

Question 18

ephemeral

Answer 18

(adj) lasting for a very short time; describes a plant

Question 19

prosaic

Answer 19

(adj) having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty; unromantic

Question 20

languish

Answer 20

(verb) suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation