Unit 5 Set A and B

Question 1

Bluster

Answer 1

(v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; (n.) speech that is loud and threatening

Question 2

Commentary

Answer 2

(n.) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion

Question 3

Eerie

Answer 3

(adj.) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious

Question 4

Fidelity

Answer 4

(n.) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness

Question 5

Headstrong

Answer 5

(adj.) willful, stubborn

Question 6

Pacify

Answer 6

(v.) to make peaceful or calm; to soothe

Question 7

Ravenous

Answer 7

(adj.) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction

Question 8

Refute

Answer 8

(v.) to prove incorrect

Question 9

Remorse

Answer 9

(n.) deep and painful regret for one’s past misdeeds; pangs of conscience

Question 10

Synopsis

Answer 10

(n.) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary

Question 11

Acute

Answer 11

(adj.) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time

Question 12

Bungle

Answer 12

(v.) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness

Question 13

Duration

Answer 13

(n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts

Question 14

Facet

Answer 14

(n.) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem

Question 15

Fray

Answer 15

(n.) a brawl, a noisy quarrel; (v.) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate

Question 16

Inhabitant

Answer 16

(n.) one living permanently in a given place

Question 17

Numb

Answer 17

(adj.) having lost the power of feeling or movement; (v.) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling

Question 18

Setback

Answer 18

(n.) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall

Question 19

Smug

Answer 19

(adj.) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous

Question 20

Tarry

Answer 20

(v.) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while