unit 14

Question 1

blissful; rendering or making blessed

Answer 1

beatific

Question 2

a creature of enormous size

Answer 2

behemoth

Question 3

anything designed to flatter or coax

Answer 3

blandishment

Question 4

harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant

Answer 4

cacophonous

Question 5

trickery, deceptive practices or tactics

Answer 5

chicanery

Question 6

to give over to another’s care, charge, or control

Answer 6

consign

Question 7

a highly successful stroke, masterstroke

Answer 7

coup

Question 8

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

Answer 8

euphemism

Question 9

feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever

Answer 9

febrile

Question 10

to deny, contradict, controvert

Answer 10

gainsay

Question 11

about to happen, threatening

Answer 11

imminent

Question 12

natural, inherent

Answer 12

innate

Question 13

unwilling, reluctant

Answer 13

loath

Question 14

velar, evident to the eyes or mind

Answer 14

manifest

Question 15

small or trivial details

Answer 15

minutiae

Question 16

a suspension of activity

Answer 16

moratorium

Question 17

an alleged cure-all, a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness

Answer 17

nostrum

Question 18

one who he rejected by a social group or organization

Answer 18

pariah

Question 19

not practical, lacking in realism

Answer 19

visionary

Question 20

dry, shrunken, and wrinkled

Answer 20

wizened