Unit 4

Question 1

FAMOUS AND RESPECTED 
WITHIN A PARTICULAR SPHERE OR 
PROFESSION; DISTINGUISHED; 
RENOWNED; NOTEWORTHY; PRESTIGIOUS; 
IMPORTANT

Answer 1

Eminent

Question 2

About to happen

Answer 2

Imminent

Question 3

REFUSING TO BE PERSUADED
OR TO CHANGE ONE’S MIND; INFLEXIBLE;
UNWAVERING; DETERMINED; RESOLUTE

Answer 3

Adamant

Question 4

SHOWING SELFLESS
CONCERN FOR THE WELL-BEING OF
OTHERS; UNSELFISH; SELFLESS;
COMPASSIONATE

Answer 4

Altruistic

Question 5

To bombard

Answer 5

Barrage

Question 6

BEGIN TO GROW OR
INCREASE RAPIDLY; FLOURISH;
THRIVE; PROSPER

Answer 6

Burgeon

Question 7

SHOWING SMUG OR UNCRITICAL
SATISFACTION WITH ONESELF OR ONE’S
ACHIEVEMENTS; BEING CONTENT WITH A
SITUATION THAT SHOULD BE IMPROVED

Answer 7

Complacent

Question 8

REMARKABLY
BAD;
HORRENDOUS;
ATROCIOUS

Answer 8

Egregious

Question 9

CONSPICUOUSLY OR
OBVIOUSLY OFFENSIVE; BLATANT;
GLARING

Answer 9

Flagrant

Question 10

COURAGE IN PAIN OR
ADVERSITY; ENDURANCE;
RESILIENCE

Answer 10

Fortitude

Question 11

OVERWHELM
(SOMEONE) WITH THINGS OR
PEOPLE TO BE DEALT WITH; FLOOD

Answer 11

Inundate

Question 12

EXISTING 
BUT NOT YET 
DEVELOPED; 
HIDDEN; 
CONCEALED; 
DORMANT; 
UNDISCOVERED

Answer 12

Latent

Question 13

Wicked or criminal

Answer 13

Nefarious

Question 14

NOT SECURELY 
HELD OR IN 
POSITION; 
DANGEROUSLY 
LIKELY TO FALL 
OR COLLAPSE; 
DEPENDENT ON 
CHANCE; 
UNCERTAIN

Answer 14

Precarious

Question 15

EAGER OR QUICK TO ARGUE,
QUARREL, OR FIGHT; COMBATIVE;
AGGRESSIVE; ANTAGONISTIC; BELLIGERENT

Answer 15

Pugnacious

Question 16

TO SAY 
THAT ONE NO 
LONGER HOLDS 
AN OPINION OR 
BELIEF; 
RENOUNCE, 
DISAVOW, DENY, 
REPUDIATE

Answer 16

Recant

Question 17

NOT BEING WHAT IT
PURPORTS TO BE; FALSE OR FAKE;
COUNTERFEIT; ILLEGITIMATE;
INVALID; DECEPTIVE

Answer 17

Spurious

Question 18

LASTING ONLY FOR A
SHORT TIME; IMPERMANENT;
TEMPORARY; FLEETING; BRIEF

Answer 18

Transient

Question 19

ACCORDED A 
GREAT DEAL OF 
RESPECT, 
ESPECIALLY 
BECAUSE OF AGE, 
WISDOM, OR 
CHARACTER

Answer 19

Venerable

Question 20

FEELING OR SHOWING
CAUTION ABOUT POSSIBLE DANGERS
OR PROBLEMS; CAUTIOUS; CAREFUL

Answer 20

Wary