Unit 5

Question 1

Anodyne

Answer 1

(n) something that calms or soothes pain
(adj) relaxing, or capable of soothing pain

e.g. Some people use alcohol as an anodyne to numb their emotional pain.

Question 2

Anomalous

Answer 2

(adj) not normal; irregular; deviating from norm

e. g. An anomalous situation

Question 3

Antecedent

Answer 3

(n) something that comes before

Question 4

Antediluvian

Answer 4

(adj) prehistoric

Question 5

Antipathy

Answer 5

(n) dislike; hostility

e. g. His fundamental antipathy to capitalism

Question 6

Apathy

Answer 6

(n) indifference
Apathetic (adj)

e.g. Widespread apathy among students

Question 7

Apex

Answer 7

(n) the highest point

e. g. In English literature, classicism reached its apex in the poetry of Alexander Pope.

Question 8

Apogee

Answer 8

(n) the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point
e. g. A film which was the apogee of German expressionist cinema

Question 9

Apothegm

Answer 9

(n) a terse, witty saying

Question 10

Appease

Answer 10

(v) to calm, pacify, placate

e. g. Many historians have criticized Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain for trying to appease Adolf Hitler in 1930s.