Unit 14

Question 1

Berate

Answer 1

To scold sharply

Question 2

Carnage

Answer 2

Large scale slaughter or loss of life

Question 3

Credulous

Answer 3

Too ready to believe, easily deceived

Question 4

Criterion

Answer 4

A rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation

Question 5

Deplete

Answer 5

To relish greatly

Question 6

Expatiate

Answer 6

To expend on, wrote or talk at length or detail

Question 7

Extraneous

Answer 7

Present but not essential; irrelevant

Question 8

Inception

Answer 8

The beginning or the start

Question 9

Infirmity

Answer 9

A weakness or ailment

Question 10

Jejune

Answer 10

Lacking in nutritive value; childish

Question 11

Obdurate

Answer 11

Stubborn, unyielding

Question 12

Potpourri

Answer 12

A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items

Question 13

Precocious

Answer 13

Showing usually early development

Question 14

Sadistic

Answer 14

Excessively cruel

Question 15

Sententious

Answer 15

self-righteous, characterized by moralizing

Question 16

Supplicate

Answer 16

To beg earnestly and humbley

Question 17

Surfeit

Answer 17

An excess or overindulgence with food or drink

Question 18

Tortuous

Answer 18

Winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex

Question 19

Turgid

Answer 19

Swollen, bloated, filled to excess; over decorated or excessive in language

Question 20

Amenable

Answer 20

Willing to follow advice or authority; submissive