Unit 5

Question 1

The fact of being gone or not present

Answer 1

Absence

Question 2

Having 2 possible meanings; able to be understood in two different ways

Answer 2

Ambiguous

Question 3

With a sideways glance, as with distrust

Answer 3

Askance

Question 4

The scientific study of plants

Answer 4

Botany

Question 5

Moving awkwardly

Answer 5

Clumsy

Question 6

To come together; meet

Answer 6

Converge

Question 7

Lacking in strength, due to old age or illness

Answer 7

Decrepit

Question 8

Not trusting or believing in ones self; self doubt

Answer 8

Diffidence

Question 9

To hold in a rapt state; to have overpowering influence

Answer 9

Enthrall

Question 10

The ability to anticipate future happenings or to plan for the future

Answer 10

Foresight

Question 11

Preceding beliefs or acting in opposition to ones true beliefs or actions

Answer 11

Hypocrisy

Question 12

Ill disposed toward newcomers; unwelcoming

Answer 12

Inhospitable

Question 13

To talk harshly or critically of, speak false criticisms

Answer 13

Malign

Question 14

To calm or pacify

Answer 14

Mollify

Question 15

No longer used or useful

Answer 15

Obsolete

Question 16

A desire to atone for wrongdoing

Answer 16

Pertinence

Question 17

To strike repeatedly; to beat, as with a club

Answer 17

Pommel

Question 18

An abnormal and unhealthy obsession with fire; often the obsessive desire to start fires

Answer 18

Pyromania

Question 19

To move backwards, especially to retreat to a former state

Answer 19

Regress

Question 20

Particles that fall to the bottom of a liquid

Answer 20

Sediment

Question 21

Occurring afterward

Answer 21

Subsequent

Question 22

Having many twists and turns; intricate and difficult to follow

Answer 22

Tortuous

Question 23

To work against a project or purpose ; to subvert or sabotage

Answer 23

Undermine

Question 24

Lacking in liveliness and flavor; dull

Answer 24

Vapid

Question 25

A person, especially a child, with no home or prospects

Answer 25

Waif