Unit 12

Question 1

Apathy

Answer 1

Lack of feeling or emotion (n)

Question 2

Appease

Answer 2

To make concessions to someone often at sacrifice of principles (v)

Question 3

Contentious

Answer 3

Likely to cause disagreement, arguement (adj)

Question 4

Contrite

Answer 4

Feeling, showing sorrow, remorse for a sin (adj)

Question 5

Dispassionate

Answer 5

Not influenced by strong feeling, personal/emotional involvement (adj)

Question 6

Disputatious

Answer 6

Inclined to emgage in arguement (adj)

Question 7

Exacerbate

Answer 7

To make more violent, bitter, or severe (v)

Question 8

Execrate

Answer 8

To declare to be evil, detestable (v)

Question 9

Fulsome

Answer 9

Characterized by abundance (adj)

Question 10

Initiate

Answer 10

To cause beginning of a program or reform (v)

Question 11

Innovation

Answer 11

Introduction of something new (n)

Question 12

Inordinate

Answer 12

Disorderly, unregulated(adj)

Question 13

Lofty

Answer 13

Elevated in character, spirit, or status (adj)

Question 14

Mundane

Answer 14

Relating to, characteristic of the world (adj)

Question 15

Ostentatious

Answer 15

Attracting, seeking attention, admiration, envy (adj)

Question 16

Potpourri

Answer 16

Mixture of flowers, herbs, spices kept in a jar for scent (n)

Question 17

Precarious

Answer 17

Depending on the will or pleasure of another (adj)

Question 18

Replenish

Answer 18

To fill with animals or persons fully (v)

Question 19

Scrutinize

Answer 19

To examine closely and minutely (v)

Question 20

Senile

Answer 20

Exhibiting characteristic of old age (adj)