Unit 12

Question 0

Defunct

Answer 0

No longer in existence or functioning, dead

Question 1

Aesthetic

Answer 1

Pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty

Question 2

Discomfit

Answer 2

To frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass

Question 3

Espouse

Answer 3

To take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry

Question 4

Fetish

Answer 4

An object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence

Question 5

Gregarious

Answer 5

Living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others

Question 6

Hapless

Answer 6

Marked by persistent absence of good luck

Question 7

Impeccable

Answer 7

Faultless, beyond criticism or blame

Question 8

Importune

Answer 8

To trouble with demands; to beg for insistently

Question 9

Interpolate

Answer 9

To insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction

Question 10

Irreparable

Answer 10

Incapable of being repaired or rectified

Question 11

Laconic

Answer 11

Concise, using few words

Question 12

Languish

Answer 12

To become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect

Question 13

Mendacious

Answer 13

Given to lying or deception; untrue

Question 14

Nadir

Answer 14

The lowest point

Question 15

Omnipresent

Answer 15

Present in all places at all times

Question 16

Perfunctory

Answer 16

Done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm

Question 17

Plaintive

Answer 17

Expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy

Question 18

Requite

Answer 18

To make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate

Question 19

Tantamount

Answer 19

Equivalent, having the same meaning, value or effect