unit 16

Question 1

Femme fatale

Answer 1

noun
a seductive woman who lures men into dangerous or compromising situations

Question 2

amorous

Answer 2

adjective
strongly moved by love or indicative of love

Question 3

betrothed

Answer 3

adjective
engaged to be married

Question 4

cloying

Answer 4

adjective
distasteful due to excessive sweetness or sentimentality

Question 5

court

Answer 5

verb
to seek the affection or interest of

Question 6

cuckold

Answer 6

verb
the husband of an unfaithful wife. Or to make a cuckold of (a husband)

Question 7

dote

Answer 7

verb
to be excessive in one’s attention or affection (usually used with on)

Question 8

enamored

Answer 8

adjective
inflamed with love(usually used with of in the passive voice)

Question 9

fiancé or fiancée

Answer 9

noun
a man engaged to be married
a woman engaged to be married

Question 10

gallant

Answer 10

adjective
courteously and elaborately attentive, especially to ladies

Question 11

lothario

Answer 11

noun
a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women

Question 12

nuptial

Answer 12

adjective
of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony

Question 13

paramour

Answer 13

noun
a secret lover

Question 14

philander

Answer 14

verb
(of a man) to be unfaithful to one’s wife

Question 15

pine

Answer 15

to yearn deeply (followed by for); to fail in health from grief or longing (followed by away)

Question 16

pulchritudinous

Answer 16

adjective
physically beautiful

Question 17

saccharine

Answer 17

adjective
excessively sentimental (in an artificial way)

Question 18

smitten

Answer 18

adjective
captivated, very much in love

Question 19

tempestuous

Answer 19

adjective
tumultuous; stormy

Question 20

osculate

Answer 20

verb
to kiss