Unit 14 vocab

Question 1

annex

Answer 1

to add to, attach, to incorporate, an addition

Question 2

cleave

Answer 2

to cut or split open

Question 3

cordial

Answer 3

in a friendly manner, hearty, cheery

Question 4

cornerstone

Answer 4

the starting point of a building

Question 5

debacle

Answer 5

an overwhelming defeat, rout, failure

Question 6

devitalize

Answer 6

to make weak or lifeless

Question 7

embroil

Answer 7

to involve in a conflict or difficulty, to throw into confusion

Question 8

exonerate

Answer 8

to clear from a charge or accusation

Question 9

glib

Answer 9

ready and fluent in speech, thoughtless, insincere

Question 10

haphazard

Answer 10

by chance, not planned, lacking in order

Question 11

improvise

Answer 11

to compose or perform without preparation

Question 12

incite

Answer 12

to rouse, stir up, urge on

Question 13

influx

Answer 13

a coming in, inflow

Question 14

pallor

Answer 14

an extreme or unnatural paleness

Question 15

pedigree

Answer 15

a list of ancestors, family tree

Question 16

precipitous

Answer 16

very steep

Question 17

profuse

Answer 17

very abundant, given or flowing freely

Question 18

reconcile

Answer 18

to restore friendship, to settle, to resign

Question 19

shackle

Answer 19

to put into chains

Question 20

threadbare

Answer 20

shabby, old and worn