Unit 15 Defintions

Question 1

first in time or sequence; original

Answer 1

primary

Question 2

anything that arouses curiosity because it is difficult to explain or is a secret

Answer 2

mystery

Question 3

the condition or quality of being brave; courage

Answer 3

bravery

Question 4

of literature or authors

Answer 4

literary

Question 5

willful betrayal of trust; treason

Answer 5

treachery

Question 6

talked about frequently; famous

Answer 6

legendary

Question 7

the act or crime of imitating a signature, document, painting, etc., with the intention of passing off the copy as the real thing

Answer 7

forgery

Question 8

an assumption or guess based on limited information or knowledge

Answer 8

theory

Question 9

of, involving, or introducing the fundamental or simplest aspects of a subject

Answer 9

elementary

Question 10

a person employed to do clerical work, such as typing and filing

Answer 10

secretary

Question 11

a place for burying the dead; a graveyard

Answer 11

cemetery

Question 12

a place designed and equipped for making observation, as in astronomy or meteorology

Answer 12

observatory

Question 13

sufficient to meet a demand or requirement; adequate

Answer 13

satisfactory

Question 14

a room set apart for the use of babies or children

Answer 14

nursery

Question 15

showing prejudice; biased

Answer 15

discriminatory

Question 16

lasting or used for a limited time only; not permanent

Answer 16

temporary

Question 17

leading to or preparing for the main event, action, or business

Answer 17

preliminary

Question 18

an edge, limit, or dividing line marking the place where a country, state, or other region ends

Answer 18

boundary

Question 19

having existence only in the imagination; unreal; fictitious

Answer 19

imaginary

Question 20

commonly encountered; usual; normal

Answer 20

ordinary

Question 21

the sum of words used by a particular person, profession, etc.

Answer 21

vocabulary

Question 22

machines or machine parts as a group

Answer 22

machinery

Question 23

tending to belittle; harshly critical

Answer 23

derogatory

Question 24

current; modern

Answer 24

contemporary

Question 25

a schedule of places to be visited in the course of a journey

Answer 25

itinerary