Unit 5

Question 0

Autonomy

Answer 0

Self governing

Question 1

Amnesty

Answer 1

General pardon or forgiveness

Question 2

Axiomatic

Answer 2

Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule

Question 3

Blazon

Answer 3

To adorn or embellish, to display, to publish or proclaim widely

Question 4

Caveat

Answer 4

A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

Question 5

Equitable

Answer 5

Fair, just

Question 6

Extricate

Answer 6

Free from entanglements, often with effort

Question 7

Filch

Answer 7

To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

Question 8

Flout

Answer 8

To mock or treat with contempt

Question 9

Fractious

Answer 9

Tending to be troublesome, unruly, unpredictable

Question 10

Precept

Answer 10

A rule of conduct or action

Question 11

Salutary

Answer 11

Beneficial, helpful, healthy, wholesome

Question 12

Scathing

Answer 12

Bitterly severe, withering, causing great harm

Question 13

Scourge

Answer 13

To whip or punish severly, cause of affliction or suffering, source of severe punishment or criticism

Question 14

Sepulchral

Answer 14

Funereal, typical of a tomb, gloomy and dismal

Question 15

Soporific

Answer 15

Tending to cause sleep or lethargy

Question 16

Straitlaced

Answer 16

Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct, prudish, puritanical

Question 17

Transient

Answer 17

Lasting only a short time, fleeting, one who stays a short time

Question 18

Unwieldy

Answer 18

Not easily carried due to size or complexity

Question 19

Vapid

Answer 19

Dull, uninteresting, tiresome, lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness or force