Unit 2 (adulterate-analogy)

Question 1

adulterate

Answer 1

v. to contaminate; to make impure

Question 2

adverse

Answer 2

adj. unfavorable; antagonistic

Question 3

aesthetic

Answer 3

adj. artistic; having to do with artistic beauty

Question 4

affable

Answer 4

adj. easy to talk to; friendly

Question 5

affectation

Answer 5

n. unnatural or artificial behavior, usually to impress

Question 6

affinity

Answer 6

n. sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity

Question 7

affluent

Answer 7

adj. rich; prosperous

Question 8

agenda

Answer 8

n. program; things to be done

Question 9

aggregate

Answer 9

n. sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together

Question 10

agnostic

Answer 10

n. one who doesn’t believes in the existence of a god, but doesn’t not believe either

Question 11

agrarian

Answer 11

adj. relating to the land; related to the management or farming of land

Question 12

alacrity

Answer 12

n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

Question 13

allege

Answer 13

v. to assert without proof

Question 14

alleviate

Answer 14

v. to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen

Question 15

allocate

Answer 15

v. to distribute; to assign; to allot

Question 16

alloy

Answer 16

n. combination of two or more things, usually metals

Question 17

allusion

Answer 17

n. an indirect reference often to a literary work; a hint

Question 18

aloof

Answer 18

adj. uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance

Question 19

altruism

Answer 19

n. selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others

Question 20

ambience

Answer 20

n. atmosphere; mood; feeling

Question 21

ambiguous

Answer 21

adj. unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways

Question 22

ambivalent

Answer 22

adj. undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously

Question 23

ameliorate

Answer 23

v. to make better or more tolerable

Question 24

amenable

Answer 24

adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable

Question 25

amenity

Answer 25

n. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

Question 26

amiable

Answer 26

adj. friendly; agreeable

Question 27

amnesty

Answer 27

n. and official pardon for a group of people that have broken the law

Question 28

amoral

Answer 28

adj. lacking sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

Question 29

amorous

Answer 29

adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love

Question 30

amorphous

Answer 30

adj. shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; blob-like

Question 31

anachronism

Answer 31

n. something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

Question 32

analogy

Answer 32

n. a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

Question 33

v. to contaminate; to make impure

Answer 33

adulterate

Question 34

adj. unfavorable; antagonistic

Answer 34

adverse

Question 35

adj. artistic; having to do with artistic beauty

Answer 35

aesthetic

Question 36

adj. easy to talk to; friendly

Answer 36

affable

Question 37

n. unnatural or artificial behavior, usually to impress

Answer 37

affectation

Question 38

n. sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity

Answer 38

affinity

Question 39

adj. rich; prosperous

Answer 39

affluent

Question 40

n. program; things to be done

Answer 40

agenda

Question 41

n. sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together

Answer 41

aggregate

Question 42

n. one who doesn’t believes in the existence of a god, but doesn’t not believe either

Answer 42

agnostic

Question 43

adj. relating to the land; related to the management or farming of land

Answer 43

agrarian

Question 44

n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

Answer 44

alacrity

Question 45

v. to assert without proof

Answer 45

allege

Question 46

v. to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen

Answer 46

alleviate

Question 47

v. to distribute; to assign; to allot

Answer 47

allocate

Question 48

n. combination of two or more things, usually metals

Answer 48

alloy

Question 49

n. an indirect reference often to a literary work; a hint

Answer 49

allusion

Question 50

adj. uninvolved; standing off; keeping one’s distance

Answer 50

aloof

Question 51

n. selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others

Answer 51

altruism

Question 52

n. atmosphere; mood; feeling

Answer 52

ambience

Question 53

adj. unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways

Answer 53

ambiguous

Question 54

adj. undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously

Answer 54

ambivalent

Question 55

v. to make better or more tolerable

Answer 55

ameliorate

Question 56

adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable

Answer 56

amenable

Question 57

n. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

Answer 57

amenity

Question 58

adj. friendly; agreeable

Answer 58

amiable

Question 59

n. and official pardon for a group of people that have broken the law

Answer 59

amnesty

Question 60

adj. lacking sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

Answer 60

amoral

Question 61

adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love

Answer 61

amorous

Question 62

adj. shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; blob-like

Answer 62

amorphous

Question 63

n. something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

Answer 63

anachronism

Question 64

n. a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

Answer 64

analogy

Question 65

al/ali/alter root

Answer 65

other; another

Question 66

am root

Answer 66

love

Question 67

a root

Answer 67

without

Question 68

amb/amph root

Answer 68

aroud

or

both; more than one