Unit 15

Question 1

(n) a short outline or review of main points

Answer 1

synopsis

Question 2

(adj) nearsighted; lacking vision or foresight

Answer 2

myopic

Question 3

(v) to briefly outline or describe

Answer 3

adumbrate

Question 4

(v) to see or make out clearly; recognize

Answer 4

discern

Question 5

(n) carefulness in what one says or does; prudence

Answer 5

discretion

Question 6

(adj) separate; distinct

Answer 6

discrete

Question 7

(v) to make aware of; to notify

Answer 7

apprise

Question 8

(v) to consist of; to contain

Answer 8

comprise

Question 9

(adj) deserving condemnation; terribly wrong

Answer 9

reprehensible

Question 10

(adj) gloomy and stern

Answer 10

dour

Question 11

(adj) wickedly stubborn; obstinate

Answer 11

obdurate

Question 12

(n) the use of force or threats to make someone act

Answer 12

duress

Question 13

(n) continuous change; instability

Answer 13

flux

Question 14

(n) a massive movement into

Answer 14

influx

Question 15

(n) a meeting of two or more people, events, or circumstances; merging

Answer 15

confluence

Question 16

(adj) impossible to hold back or control

Answer 16

irrepressible

Question 17

(v) to put down by force

Answer 17

suppress

Question 18

(n) a harsh or formal scolding

Answer 18

reprimand

Question 19

(v) to show that someone has a connection with a crime

Answer 19

implicate

Question 20

(v) to systematically explain or outline

Answer 20

explicate

Question 21

(adj) impossible to explain or understand

Answer 21

inexplicable

Question 22

(adj) intentionally misleading; deceptive

Answer 22

duplicitous

Question 23

(n) involvement in something wrong or unlawful

Answer 23

complicity