Unit 3

Question 0

Ingenious

Answer 0

Adj- Characterised by cleverness or originality

Inventive, creative, original

Question 1

Rampant

Answer 1

Adj- Characterised by fierceness or high spirits

Displaying aggression or violence

Question 2

Ransacking

Answer 2

Verb- To search thoroughly or vigorously through something

Hunt, investigate, pillage, search

Question 3

Remiss

Answer 3

Adj- negligent, careless or slow in performing ones job

Lazy, inattentive, slow

Question 4

Impudent

Answer 4

Adj- shameless or brazenly immodest

Audacious, cocky, immodest

Question 5

Histrionic

Answer 5

Adj- deliberately affected or self consciously emotional; over dramatic

Noun- an actor

Question 6

Gaudy

Answer 6

Adj- tastelessly or excessively showy

Garish, flashy, flaunting

Question 7

Skiff

Answer 7

Noun- Any of various types of boats small enough for rowing or sailing by one person

Question 8

Elocution

Answer 8

Noun- a persons manner of speaking or reading aloud in public

Question 9

Shirk

Answer 9

Verb- to evade (work or responsibility)

-to withdraw because of lack of courage, laziness, etc

Question 10

Nabob

Answer 10

Noun- man of great wealth or prominence

Question 11

Meddlesome

Answer 11

Adj- given to self important interference in the affair of others

Question 12

Azure

Answer 12

Noun- sky blue

Question 13

Careened

Answer 13

Verb- to go forward quickly without control

• to cause a boat to lean to one side

Question 14

Insurrection

Answer 14

Noun- an act or instance of revolting against established government

Question 15

Cavorting

Answer 15

Verb- to engage in any agile, frisky, or showy behaviour

Question 16

Providence

Answer 16

Noun- divine guidance or care

Question 17

Earnest

Answer 17

Noun- a serious and intent mental state

Adj- serious and intense

Question 18

Haggled

Answer 18

Verb- to have bargained

Question 19

Humble

Answer 19

Adj- modest

Question 20

Candid

Answer 20

Adj- frank; outspoken; sincere; straightforward

Question 21

Shanty

Answer 21

Noun- a crudely built hut, cabin, house, etc

Adj- of or pertaining to crudely built cabins or houses

Question 22

Languish

Answer 22

Verb- to become weak or feeble

- to lose vigor and vitality

Question 23

Highwaymen

Answer 23

Noun- a holdup man especially one on horseback who robbed travellers of a public road

Question 24

Outlandish

Answer 24

Adj- freakishly strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, etc; bizarre