Unit 4 vocab

Question 1

honest and unconcealed; forthright

Answer 1

aboveboard

Question 2

a recess or partially enclosed area connected to a larger room

Answer 2

alcove

Question 3

a typically pleasant scent or smell

Answer 3

aroma

Question 4

active and happy; full of energy

Answer 4

boisterous

Question 5

secretive or covert

Answer 5

clandestine

Question 6

sorry for past actions; desiring forgiveness

Answer 6

contrite

Question 7

to discover the meaning of a cipher or encryption; to understand a coded or hidden meaning

Answer 7

decipher

Question 8

sheer and filmy; transparent

Answer 8

diaphanous

Question 9

to entangle in disagreement, argument, or conflict

Answer 9

embroil

Question 10

having an end or limit; not infinite

Answer 10

finite

Question 11

to rush; to act with urgency

Answer 11

hustle

Question 12

poor; lacking sufficient money

Answer 12

indigent

Question 13

giving off light

Answer 13

luminous

Question 14

to misinterpret ; to understand incorrectly

Answer 14

misapprehend

Question 15

lack of consciousness, knowledge, or memory; being completely forgotten

Answer 15

oblivion

Question 16

a loud noise or exclamation, particularly of disapproval

Answer 16

outcry

Question 17

without equivalent; better than or above all others

Answer 17

peerless

Question 18

found in ample supply

Answer 18

plenteous

Question 19

wise caution; the quality of being careful and judicious

Answer 19

prudence

Question 20

to happen for a second time, or to happen repeatedly at intervals

Answer 20

recur

Question 21

wise

Answer 21

sapient

Question 22

immense in size or magnitude

Answer 22

stupendous

Question 23

difficult; requiring great labor

Answer 23

toilsome

Question 24

smarmy or greasy

Answer 24

unctuous

Question 25

a person who is supremely skilled in a fine art

Answer 25

virtuoso