Unit 4 vocabulary

Question 1

Alliance

Answer 1

A joining together for some common purpose

Question 2

Bewilder

Answer 2

To puzzle completely, confuse

Question 3

Buffoon

Answer 3

A clown; a coarse, stupid person

Question 4

Controversial

Answer 4

Arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement

Question 5

Dishearten

Answer 5

To discourage

Question 6

Fruitless

Answer 6

Nor producing the desired results, unsuccessful

Question 7

Hostile

Answer 7

Unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive

Question 8

Inflammable

Answer 8

Easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused

Question 9

Malignant

Answer 9

Deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious

Question 10

Mortify

Answer 10

To hurt someone’s feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering

Question 11

Orthodox

Answer 11

in agreement with established or generally accepted

Question 12

Procure

Answer 12

To obtain through special effort; to bring about

Question 13

Scurry

Answer 13

To run quickly, scamper, hurry

Question 14

Sodden

Answer 14

Soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless

Question 15

Spirited

Answer 15

Full of life and vigor; courageous

Question 16

Virtual

Answer 16

Having a certain force or effect in fact not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing

Question 17

Void

Answer 17

completely empty; having no legal force or effect

Question 18

Wayward

Answer 18

Disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious

Question 19

Wince

Answer 19

To draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear

Question 20

Inflict

Answer 20

To give or cause something unpleasant, impose