unit 17/18

Question 1

synopsis

Answer 1

a short outline or review of main points

Question 2

myopic

Answer 2

near-sighted; lacking vision or foresight

Question 3

adumbrate

Answer 3

to briefly outline or describe

Question 4

umbrage

Answer 4

anger caused by an insult or slight

Question 5

discern

Answer 5

to see or make out clearly, recognise

Question 6

discretion

Answer 6

carefulness in what one says or does; prudence

Question 7

discrete

Answer 7

separate or distinct

Question 8

apprise

Answer 8

to make aware of; to notify

Question 9

comprise

Answer 9

to consist of; to contain

Question 10

rreprehensible

Answer 10

deserving condemnation; terribly wrong

Question 11

dour

Answer 11

gloomy an stern

Question 12

obdurate

Answer 12

wickedly stubborn; obstinate

Question 13

duress

Answer 13

the use of force or threats to make someone act

Question 14

flux

Answer 14

continuous change; instability

Question 15

influx

Answer 15

a massive movement into

Question 16

confluence

Answer 16

a meeting of two or more people, events, or circumstance; merging

Question 17

irrepressible

Answer 17

impossible to hold back or control

Question 18

suppress

Answer 18

to put down by force

Question 19

reprimand

Answer 19

a harsh or formal scolding

Question 20

implicate

Answer 20

to show that someone has a connection with a crime

Question 21

explicate

Answer 21

to systematically explain or outline

Question 22

duplicitous

Answer 22

intentionally misleading; deceptive

Question 23

inexplicable

Answer 23

impossible to explain or understand

Question 24

complicity

Answer 24

involvement in something wrong or unlawful