Unit 14

Question 1

willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible

Answer 1

amenable

Question 2

to scold sharply

Answer 2

berate

Question 3

large-scale slaughter or loss of life

Answer 3

carnage

Question 4

too readily to believe, easily deceived

Answer 4

credulous

Question 5

a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation

Answer 5

criterion

Question 6

canon syn for

Answer 6

criterion

Question 7

to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

Answer 7

deplete

Question 8

to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

Answer 8

expatiate

Question 9

descant syn for

Answer 9

expatiate

Question 10

adumbrate ant for

Answer 10

expatiate

Question 11

coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

Answer 11

extraneous

Question 12

incidental, extrensic, adventitious syn for

Answer 12

extraneous

Question 13

germane ant for

Answer 13

extraneous

Question 14

the beginning, star, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

Answer 14

inception

Question 15

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

Answer 15

infirmity

Question 16

jejune accented syllable

Answer 16

jun

Question 17

lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile

Answer 17

jejune

Question 18

puerile syn for

Answer 18

jejune

Question 19

stubborn, unyielding

Answer 19

obdurate

Question 20

obdurate accented syllable

Answer 20

ab

Question 21

tractable ant for

Answer 21

obdurate

Question 22

a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

Answer 22

potpourri

Question 23

potpourri accented syllable

Answer 23

re

Question 24

farrago syn for

Answer 24

potpourri

Question 25

showing unusually early developments (especially in talents and mental capacity

Answer 25

precocious

Question 26

delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

Answer 26

sadistic

Question 27

masochistic syn for

Answer 27

sadistic

Question 28

clement ant for

Answer 28

sadistic

Question 29

self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in a few words, pithy

Answer 29

sententious

Question 30

aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic syn for

Answer 30

sententious

Question 31

discursive, diffuse, episodic ant for

Answer 31

sententious

Question 32

to beg earnestly and humbly

Answer 32

supplicate

Question 33

an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust

Answer 33

surfeit

Question 34

surfeit accented syllable

Answer 34

ser

Question 35

paucity ant for

Answer 35

surfeit

Question 36

to feed or supply with anything to excess

Answer 36

surfeit

Question 37

surfeit pos

Answer 37

noun, verb

Question 38

winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

Answer 38

tortuous

Question 39

swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive language

Answer 39

turgid