Unit 14

Question 0

Behemoth

Answer 0

A creature of enormous size, power, or appearance

Question 1

Beatific

Answer 1

Blissful; rendering or making blessed

Question 2

Blandishment

Answer 2

Anything designed to flatter or coax; sweettalk, Apple-polishing

Question 3

Cacophonous

Answer 3

Harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonance

Question 4

Chicanery

Answer 4

Trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing

Question 5

Consign

Answer 5

To give over to another’s care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use

Question 6

Coup

Answer 6

A highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership

Question 7

Euphemism

Answer 7

A mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute

Question 8

Febrile

Answer 8

Feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic

Question 9

Gainsay

Answer 9

To deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose

Question 10

Imminent

Answer 10

About to happen, threatening

Question 11

Innate

Answer 11

Natural, inborn, inherent; built-in

Question 12

Loath

Answer 12

Unwilling, reluctant, disinclined

Question 13

Manifest

Answer 13

Clear, evident to the eyes or mind; to show plainly, exhibit, evince; a list of cargo and or passengers

Question 14

minutiae

Answer 14

Small or trivial details, trifling matters

Question 15

Moratorium

Answer 15

A suspension of activities for an official waiting period; An authorized period of delay

Question 16

Nostrum

Answer 16

An allegedly cure all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness

Question 17

Pariah

Answer 17

One who is rejected by a social group or organization

Question 18

Visionary

Answer 18

Not practical, lacking in realism; the nature of a fantasy or dream; one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight

Question 19

Wisened

Answer 19

Dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging)