Unit 3

Question 1

Articulate

Answer 1

To pronounce distinctly, to express well on words, to connect by a joint or joints. Expressed clearly and forcefully, able to employ language clearly and forcefully, jointed.

Question 2

Cavort

Answer 2

To romp or prance exuberantly, to make merry

Question 3

Credence

Answer 3

Belief, mental acceptance

Question 4

Decry

Answer 4

To condemn, express strong disapproval, to officially depreciate

Question 5

Dissemble

Answer 5

To disuse or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Question 6

Distraught

Answer 6

Very much agitated or upsets as as exult of emotion or mental conflict

Question 7

Eulogy

Answer 7

A formal statement of commendation, high praise

Question 8

Evince

Answer 8

To display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

Question 9

Exhume

Answer 9

T remove from a grave, to bring to light

Question 10

Feckless

Answer 10

Lacking inspirit and strength, ineffective, weak, irresponsible, unreliable

Question 11

Murky

Answer 11

Dark and gloomy, obscure, lacking in clarity and precision

Question 12

Nefarious

Answer 12

Wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Question 13

Piquant

Answer 13

Stimulating to the taste or mind, spicy, pungent, appealingly provocative

Question 14

Primordial

Answer 14

Developed or created at the very beginning, going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage, fundamental, basic

Question 15

Propinquity

Answer 15

Nearness in place or time, kinship

Question 16

Unwonted

Answer 16

Not usual or expected, not in character

Question 17

Utopian

Answer 17

Founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world, impractical

Question 18

Verbiage

Answer 18

Language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to be sense or content, wordiness, a manner of expression

Question 19

Verdant

Answer 19

Green in tint or color, immature in experience or judgment

Question 20

Viscous

Answer 20

Having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity