unit 2

Question 1

shockingly obvious; outrageous

Answer 1

flagrant

Question 2

to take a risk of; dare

Answer 2

venture

Question 3

including all or much

Answer 3

comprehensive

Question 4

to restore to a normal life through therapy or education

Answer 4

rehabilitate

Question 5

to continue with an effort or plan despite difficulties

Answer 5

persevere

Question 6

complete confusion

Answer 6

turmoil

Question 7

an event bringing great loss and misery

Answer 7

calamity

Question 8

to consider carefully; think deeply about

Answer 8

ponder

Question 9

customary; ordinary

Answer 9

conventional

Question 10

enigma

Answer 10

a mystery or puzzle

Question 11

dispatch

Answer 11

to send to a specific place or on specific business

Question 12

nocturnal

Answer 12

of, about, or happening in the night; active at night

Question 13

attest

Answer 13

to make a statement about something on the basis of personal experience; bear witness; testify

Question 14

orient

Answer 14

to determine one’s location or direction; to locate in relation to a direction(east, west, etc.)

Question 15

discern

Answer 15

to recognize; detect

Question 16

enhance

Answer 16

To improve; add to the strength, beauty, or value of something

Question 17

attribute

Answer 17

Moving or able to move from place to place

Question 18

exemplify

Answer 18

to be an example of; be typical of

Question 19

constitute

Answer 19

to make up; be part of

Question 20

default

Answer 20

to fail to do something required

Question 21

predominant

Answer 21

most common or most noticeable

Question 22

prerequisite

Answer 22

something required beforehand

Question 23

confiscate

Answer 23

to seize with authority; legally take possession of

Question 24

decipher

Answer 24

to interpret or read(something confusing or hard to make out)

Question 25

nominal

Answer 25

slight; very small compared with what might be expected

Question 26

concurrent

Answer 26

happening or existing at the same time; simultaneous

Question 27

recession

Answer 27

a temporary decline in business

Question 28

hypothetical

Answer 28

supposed for the sake of argument or examination; imaginary; theoretical