Unit 14

Question 1

amenable

Answer 1

(adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive, responsive, liable to be held responsible
Synonyms: agreeable, compliant, docile
Antonyms: unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant

Question 2

berate

Answer 2

(v.) to scold sharply
Synonyms: chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand
Antonyms: praise, compliment, pat on the back

Question 3

carnage

Answer 3

(n.) large-scale slaughter or loss of life

Synonyms: butchery, bloodbath, massacre

Question 4

credulous

Answer 4

(adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived
Synonyms: gullible, trusting
Antonyms: dubious, skeptical

Question 5

criterion

Answer 5

(n.) a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation

Synonyms: yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon

Question 6

deplete

Answer 6

(v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
Synonyms: exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt
Antonyms: replenish, refill, restock, resupply

Question 7

expatiate

Answer 7

(v.) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely
Synonyms: elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam
Antonyms: sketch roughly, summarize, condense, adumbrate

Question 8

extraneous

Answer 8

(adj.) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant
Synonyms: incidental, extrinsic, adventitious
Antonyms: intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane

Question 9

inception

Answer 9

(n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.
Synonyms: commencement, inauguration, outset
Antonyms: completion, conclusion, termination

Question 10

infirmity

Answer 10

(n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)

Synonyms: affliction, malady, defect

Question 11

jejune

Answer 11

(adj.) lacking in nutritive; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile
Synonyms: puerile, childish
Antonyms: stimulating, mature

Question 12

obdurate

Answer 12

(adj.) stubborn, unyielding
Synonyms: obstinate, adamant
Antonyms: tractable, flexible

Question 13

potpourri

Answer 13

(n.) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent
Synonyms: hodgepodge, farrago, medley
Antonyms: homogeneous or uniform group

Question 14

precocious

Answer 14

(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
Synonyms: gifted, advanced
Antonyms: backward, slow

Question 15

sadistic

Answer 15

(adj,) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
Synonyms: brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish
Antonyms: masochistic, clement, humane, merciful

Question 16

sententious

Answer 16

(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use to maxims of adages; saying much in few words, pithy
Synonyms: aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic
Antonyms: discursive, diffuse, episodic

Question 17

supplicate

Answer 17

(v.) to beg earnestly and humbly

Synonyms: plead, petition, implore

Question 18

surfeit

Answer 18

(n.) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v.) to feed or supply with anything to excess
Synonyms: (n.) glut; (v.) satiate
Antonyms: (n.) dearth, paucity

Question 19

tortuous

Answer 19

(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
Synonyms: circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine
Antonyms: direct, straight, straightforward

Question 20

turgid

Answer 20

(adj.) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive language
Synonyms: inflated, pompous, bombastic
Antonyms: understated, unadorned, austere