Unit 3 Vocab.

Question 1

(v.) adopt; support

Answer 1

espouse

Question 2

(v.) respect, value, judge

Answer 2

esteem

Question 3

(adj.) light; heavenly; unusually defined

Answer 3

ethereal

Question 4

(n.) expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone’s death

Answer 4

eulogy

Question 5

(n.) mild expression used in place of an unpleasant one

Answer 5

euphemism

Question 6

(adj.) pleasing in sound

Answer 6

euphonious

Question 7

(n.) feeling of great happiness and well-being (sometimes exaggerated)

Answer 7

euphoria

Question 8

(adj.) fleeting; vanishing

Answer 8

evanescent

Question 9

(v.) fail completely; sink

Answer 9

founder

Question 10

(n.)person who establishes (an organization, business)

Answer 10

founder

Question 11

(adj.) weak

Answer 11

frail

Question 12

(adj.) lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant

Answer 12

frivolous

Question 13

(n.) thrift; economy

Answer 13

frugality

Question 14

(v.) basic; primary; essential

Answer 14

fundamental

Question 15

(adj.) stealthy; sneaky

Answer 15

furtive

Question 16

(adj.) ineffective; fruitless

Answer 16

futile

Question 17

(v.) stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize

Answer 17

galvanize

Question 18

(adj.) mixed up; jumbled; distorted

Answer 18

garbled

Question 19

(v.) worsen; embitter

Answer 19

exacerbate

Question 20

(adj.) hard to understand; known only to the chosen few

Answer 20

esoteric