Unit 4

Question 1

(adj) moving or jumping from one thing to another

Answer 1

desultory

Question 2

(adj) able to recover readily; persistent

Answer 2

resilient

Question 3

(adj) marked by great joy or jubilation

Answer 3

exultant

Question 4

(adj) not necessary; dispensable

Answer 4

expendable

Question 5

(adj) about to occur

Answer 5

impending

Question 6

(v) to add as a supplement; to attach

Answer 6

append

Question 7

(adj) varying according to personal opinion or perspective

Answer 7

subjective

Question 8

(v) to insert between other elements

Answer 8

interject

Question 9

(v) to move in a wavelike fashion; to ripple

Answer 9

undulate

Question 10

(v) to flood

Answer 10

inundate

Question 11

(v) to have an effect

Answer 11

redound

Question 12

(v) to scatter; to spread

Answer 12

disseminate

Question 13

(adj) fundamentally influential; important

Answer 13

seminal

Question 14

(adj) overly decorated; showy

Answer 14

florid

Question 15

(v) to thrive; to prosper

Answer 15

flourish

Question 16

(v) to uproot; to remove from one’s homeland

Answer 16

deracinate

Question 17

(adj) impossible to destroy

Answer 17

irradicable

Question 18

(v) to destroy; get rid of

Answer 18

eradicate

Question 19

(v) to cause to grow

Answer 19

germinate

Question 20

(adj) occurring in the earliest stage of development

Answer 20

germinal

Question 21

(adj) related to a subject or topic; relevant

Answer 21

germane