Unit 14

Question 1

(v) to add to, to incorporate (n) an attachment or addition

Answer 1

annex

Question 2

(syn) join, acquire, appropriate, procure

Answer 2

annex

Question 3

(v) to cut or split open; to cling to

Answer 3

cleave

Question 4

(syn) cever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp

Answer 4

cleave

Question 5

(adj) in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery (n) a liqueur

Answer 5

cordial

Question 6

(syn) hospitable, affable, warm, convival

Answer 6

cordial

Question 7

(ant) gruff, unfriendly, unsociable

Answer 7

cordial

Question 8

(n) the starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element

Answer 8

cornerstone

Question 9

(syn) foundation, base, underpinning, support

Answer 9

cornerstone

Question 10

(n) an overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure

Answer 10

debacle

Question 11

(syn) disaster, fiasco, calamity

Answer 11

debacle

Question 12

(ant) success, triumph, victory, coup

Answer 12

debacle

Question 13

(v) to make weak or lifeless

Answer 13

devitalize

Question 14

(syn) enfeeble, sap, enervate

Answer 14

devitalize

Question 15

(ant) enliven, stimulate, energize, excite

Answer 15

devitalize

Question 16

(v) to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion

Answer 16

embroil

Question 17

(syn) entangle, ensnarl

Answer 17

embroil

Question 18

(ant) disentangle, separate, disconnect

Answer 18

embroil

Question 19

(v) to clear from a charge or accusation

Answer 19

exonerate

Question 20

(syn) absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate

Answer 20

exonerate

Question 21

(ant) implicate, incriminate, inculpate

Answer 21

exonerate

Question 22

(adj) ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere

Answer 22

glib

Question 23

(syn) superficial, pat, oily, unctuous, facile

Answer 23

glib

Question 24

(ant) halting, tongue-tied, speechless, awkward

Answer 24

glib

Question 25

(adj) by chance, not planned; lacking order

Answer 25

haphazard

Question 26

(syn) random, accidental, slapdash

Answer 26

haphazard

Question 27

(ant) deliberate, purposeful, orderly, meticulous

Answer 27

haphazard

Question 28

(v) to compose or perform without preparation; to construct

Answer 28

improvise

Question 29

(syn) ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize

Answer 29

improvise

Question 30

(ant) plan, rehearse, practice, prepare

Answer 30

improvise

Question 31

(v) to rouse, stir up, urge on

Answer 31

incite

Question 32

(syn) spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt

Answer 32

incite

Question 33

(ant) check, curb, impede, restrain, smother

Answer 33

incite

Question 34

(n) a coming in, inflow

Answer 34

influx

Question 35

(syn) inpouring, inrush, invasion

Answer 35

influx

Question 36

(ant) outpouring, exodus, departure

Answer 36

influx

Question 37

(n) an extreme or unnatural paleness

Answer 37

pallor

Question 38

(syn) wanness, lividness, bloodlessness

Answer 38

pallor

Question 39

(ant) flush, blush, rosiness, bloom

Answer 39

pallor

Question 40

(n) a list of ancestors, family tree; the history or origins of something

Answer 40

pedigree

Question 41

(syn) lineage, ancestry, genealogy

Answer 41

pedigree

Question 42

(adj) very steep

Answer 42

precipitous

Question 43

(syn) sheer, abrupt, sharp

Answer 43

precipitous

Question 44

(ant) gradual, shallow, graded, incremental

Answer 44

precipitous

Question 45

(adj) very abundant; given or flowing freely

Answer 45

profuse

Question 46

(syn) extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous

Answer 46

profuse

Question 47

(ant) sparse, scanty, meager, insufficient

Answer 47

profuse

Question 48

(v) to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign oneself

Answer 48

reconcile

Question 49

(syn) unite, conciliate, mend, fences

Answer 49

reconcile

Question 50

(ant) antagonize, alienate, drive a wedge betweem

Answer 50

reconcile

Question 51

(v) to put into chains (n) a chain or fetter

Answer 51

shackle

Question 52

(syn-v) manacle, enslave (syn-n) handcuffs, irons, bonds

Answer 52

shackle

Question 53

(ant-v) free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate

Answer 53

shackle

Question 54

(adj) shabby, old and worn

Answer 54

threadbare

Question 55

(syn) frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite

Answer 55

threadbare

Question 56

(ant) luxurious, plush, costly, sumptuous

Answer 56

threadbare