Unit 14

Question 1

deluge

Answer 1

noun
a great flood of water; a drenching rain

Question 2

abscond

Answer 2

verb
to depart in a sudden and secret manner

Question 3

anarchy

Answer 3

noun
political and/or social disorder due to the absence of authority/control

Question 4

careen

Answer 4

verb
to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion

Question 5

cataclysm

Answer 5

noun
a momentous event marked by overwhelming upheaval and destruction

Question 6

conflagration

Answer 6

noun
a destructive fire, usually an extensive one

Question 7

Devil’s Advocate

Answer 7

noun
a person who advocates an opposing viewpoint for the sake of argument

Question 8

hapless

Answer 8

adjective
perpetually unlucky and unfortunate

Question 9

harbinger

Answer 9

noun
anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign

Question 10

hullabaloo

Answer 10

noun
an uproar or excessive fuss; a kerfuffle

Question 11

immolate

Answer 11

verb
to offer in sacrifice; to kill or destroy, especially by fire

Question 12

incendiary

Answer 12

adjective
inflammatory; tending to arouse strife and conflict

Question 13

kerfuffle

Answer 13

noun
commotion; disorder; a hullabaloo

Question 14

mercurial

Answer 14

adjective
volatile or erratic; lively or quick witted

Question 15

nihilism

Answer 15

noun
total and absolute destructiveness toward the world at large, including oneself

Question 16

on the lam

Answer 16

prep. phrase
escaping, fleeing, or hiding, especially from an authority figure

Question 17

pernicious

Answer 17

adjective
highly injurious or destructive

Question 18

usurp

Answer 18

verb
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right

Question 19

vertigo

Answer 19

a dizzying sensation of being in tilting or spinning surroundings

Question 20

higgledy-piggledy

Answer 20

adjective/adverb
humbled or confused; helter-skelter