Unit 12D

Question 0

autocratic

Answer 0

absolute in power or authority; domineering, dictatorial

Question 1

appreciable

Answer 1

sufficient to be noticed or measured; detectable

Question 2

blanch

Answer 2

to remove the colour from; to make or turn pale; to parboil, bleach

Question 3

blasphemy

Answer 3

a act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred; profanity, imprecation

Question 4

brawny

Answer 4

strong, muscular; strapping

Question 5

concerted

Answer 5

planned or performed in cooperation with others

Question 6

contend

Answer 6

to fight, struggle; to compete; to argue; battle, vie

Question 7

humane

Answer 7

kind, merciful; sympathetic, kindhearted, compassionate

Question 8

illustrious

Answer 8

very famous, distinguished; eminent, renowned

Question 9

intolerable

Answer 9

unbearable; insufferable

Question 10

irreverent

Answer 10

disrespectful; profane, sacrilegious

Question 11

laborious

Answer 11

not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking

Question 12

lithe

Answer 12

needing easily, limber

Question 13

maltreat

Answer 13

to abuse, use roughly or crudely

Question 14

ponder

Answer 14

to consider carefully, reflect on; ruminate

Question 15

subversive

Answer 15

intended to undermine or overthrow; traitorous

one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system; a revolutionary

Question 16

synthetic

Answer 16

made or put together by people, artificial

something artificial

Question 17

temperate

Answer 17

mild, moderate; mellow, balanced

Question 18

venomous

Answer 18

poisonous, spiteful; mean, malicious, malevolent, virulent

Question 19

wily

Answer 19

sly, shrewd, cunning; tricky, foxy