Unit 5

Question 0

DELEGATE

Answer 0

●DELEGATE – to divide up, especially responsibilities

●Our parents delegated the easiest tasks to the younger children.

Question 1

LEGACY

Answer 1

●LEGACY – body of ideas, achievements, and morals; example

●The crooked judge, retiring today, leaves behind a legacy of dishonesty and corruption.

Question 2

AGENDA

Answer 2

AGENDA – plan of action; purpose

Question 3

PROACTIVE

Answer 3

PROACTIVE – seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

Question 4

EXACTING

Answer 4

●EXACTING – demanding

●The exacting conductor sometimes kept the orchestra for hours to practice a single passage.

Question 5

REPULSION

Answer 5

●REPULSION – desire to avoid; disgust

Question 6

DISPEL

Answer 6

●DISPEL – to scatter about, break up

●Policemen were sent in to dispel the crowd of onlookers that had gathered near the accident.

Question 7

PROPEL

Answer 7

PROPEL – to cause to move towards; push

Question 8

RELATIVE

Answer 8

●RELATIVE – dependent upon

●The number of people at the beach on any day is relative to the weather and the season.

Question 9

SUPERLATIVE

Answer 9

●SUPERLATIVE – excellent; above all others

●For superlative performance at work, Holly was awarded a big promotion.

Question 10

DILATE

Answer 10

DILATE – to widen