Unit 4 (assimilate-blatant)

Question 1

assimilate

Answer 1

v. to take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly

Question 2

assuage

Answer 2

v. to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

Question 3

astute

Answer 3

adj. shrewd; keen in judgment

Question 4

atheist

Answer 4

n. one who does not believe in the existence of any god or divine being

Question 5

attrition

Answer 5

n. gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size

Question 6

audacity

Answer 6

n. boldness; reckless daring; impertinence

Question 7

augment

Answer 7

v. to make bigger; to add; to increase

Question 8

auspicious

Answer 8

adj. favorable; promising; pointing to a good result

Question 9

austere

Answer 9

adj. unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess

Question 10

autocratic

Answer 10

adj. ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy

Question 11

autonomous

Answer 11

adj. acting independently

Question 12

avarice

Answer 12

n. greed; excessive love of riches

Question 13

avow

Answer 13

v. to claim; to declare boldly; to admit

Question 14

avuncular

Answer 14

adj. like an uncle, especially a nice uncle

Question 15

awry

Answer 15

adj. off course; twisted to one side

Question 16

axiom

Answer 16

n. a self evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying

Question 17

banal

Answer 17

adj. unoriginal; ordinary

Question 18

bane

Answer 18

n. poison; torment; cause of harm

Question 19

bastion

Answer 19

n. stronghold; fortress; fortified place

Question 20

beget

Answer 20

v. to give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause

Question 21

belabor

Answer 21

v. to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

Question 22

beleaguer

Answer 22

v. to surround; to besiege; to harass

Question 23

belie

Answer 23

v. to give a false impression of; to contradict

Question 24

belittle

Answer 24

v. to make seem little; to put someone down

Question 25

belligerent

Answer 25

adj. combative; quarrelsome; waging war

Question 26

bemused

Answer 26

adj. confused; bewildered

Question 27

benefactor

Answer 27

n. one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation

Question 28

benevolent

Answer 28

adj. generous; kind; doing good deeds

Question 29

benign

Answer 29

adj. gentle; not harmful; kind; mild

Question 30

bequest

Answer 30

n. something left to someone in a will

Question 31

bereaved

Answer 31

adj. deprived or left desolate, especially through death

Question 32

beset

Answer 32

v. to harass; to surround

Question 33

blasphemy

Answer 33

n. irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity

Question 34

blatant

Answer 34

adj. unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring