Unit 16 Vocab

Question 0

EXCRUCIATING

Answer 0

Adj. extremely painful; agonizing

Syn: unbearable ant: pleasant

Question 1

COX

Answer 1

Cross

Excruciating, crux, crucial

Question 2

CRUX

Answer 2

N. the most important or decisive point

Syn: essence ant: extra

Question 3

CRUCIAL

Answer 3

Adj. extremely necessary; essential

Question 4

DOL

Answer 4

To feel pain, to be grieved

Indolent, doleful, Dolorous

Question 5

INDOLENT

Answer 5

Adj. lazy; averse to work

Syn: listless ant: robust

Question 6

DOLEFUL

Answer 6

Adj. sad; mournful

Syn: depressed ant: cheerful

Question 7

DOLOROUS

Answer 7

Adj. mournful; gloomy

Syn: bleak ant: uplifting

Question 8

ACRI

Answer 8

Sharp

Acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, exacerbate

Question 9

ACERBIC

Answer 9

Adj. harsh and biting in tone

Syn: sharp ant: bland

Question 10

ACRID

Answer 10

Adj. stinging in biting in order or taste; harsh; irritating

Question 11

ACRIMONIOUS

Answer 11

Adj. exhibiting harsh sharpness in speech or mode

Syn: bitter ant: civil

Question 12

EXACERBATE

Answer 12

V. To make worse or more severe

Syn: aggravate ant: ease

Question 13

FERV

Answer 13

To boil, be warm

Fervent, fervor, effervescent

Question 14

FERVENT

Answer 14

Adj. passionately excited or enthusiastic

Syn: fiery ant: indifferent

Question 15

FERVOR

Answer 15

N. emotional excitement; heated enthusiasm

Syn: eagerness ant: apathy

Question 16

EFFERVESCENT

Answer 16

Adj. highly spirited; animated

Sun: bubbly any: lifeless