Unit 2

Question 1

adverse

Answer 1

unfavorable, negative. working against, hostile

Question 2

assailant

Answer 2

a person how attacks violently

Question 3

confront

Answer 3

to meet face to face, especially as a challenge; come to grip with

Question 4

contemporary

Answer 4

belonging to the same period of time as oneself; a person of the same time

Question 5

depict

Answer 5

to portray; to represent or show in the from of a picture

Question 6

groundless

Answer 6

without any good reason or cause

Question 7

hypocrite

Answer 7

a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than what he or she really is

Question 8

mimic

Answer 8

a person the does imitations

Question 9

serene

Answer 9

peaceful, calm: free of emotional upset: clear and free of storm

Question 10

sheepish

Answer 10

embarrassed; resembling a sheep meekness, timid

Question 11

arid

Answer 11

extremely dry: uninteresting, dull

Question 12

billow

Answer 12

a large wave, to rise or swell like a wave

Question 13

constrain

Answer 13

to force, compel; to restrain, hold back

Question 14

disinterested

Answer 14

fair-minded, free from selfish motives; indifferent

Question 15

encompass

Answer 15

to encircle, go or reach around, to enclose

Question 16

incomprehensible

Answer 16

impossible to understand

Question 17

manipulate

Answer 17

to handle to use skillfully ; to manage or control personal gain or advantage

Question 18

maximum

Answer 18

to greatest possible scale amount or degree

Question 19

ruffle

Answer 19

to wrinkle, or make uneven ; to annoy , to upset ; to flip through

Question 20

stamina

Answer 20

the needed strength needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain