Unit 5 Vocab.

Question 1

(adj.) irritable; easily angered

Answer 1

irascible

Question 2

(adj.) relating to a contradiction between an event’s expected result and its actual outcome

Answer 2

ironic

Question 3

(adj.) illogical; lacking reason; insane

Answer 3

irrational

Question 4

(adj.) not applicable; unrelated

Answer 4

irrelevant

Question 5

(adj.) blameless; impeccable

Answer 5

irreproachable

Question 6

(adj.) uncertain how to act; weak

Answer 6

irresolute

Question 7

(n.) lack of proper respect

Answer 7

irreverence

Question 8

(n.) language used by a special group; technical terminology; gibberish

Answer 8

jargon

Question 9

(adj.) said or done in jest; joking

Answer 9

jocular

Question 10

(n.) one who hates mankind

Answer 10

misanthrope

Question 11

(adj.) stingy, mean

Answer 11

miserly

Question 12

(n.) wrong name; incorrect designation

Answer 12

misnomer

Question 13

(v.) appease; moderate

Answer 13

mitigate

Question 14

(v.) ridicule, imitated, often in derision

Answer 14

mock

Question 15

(adj.) very important

Answer 15

momentous

Question 16

(n.) sameness leading to boredem

Answer 16

monotony

Question 17

(adj.) given to unwholesome thought; moody; characteristic of disease

Answer 17

morbid

Question 18

(adj.) Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy

Answer 18

morose

Question 19

(v.) soothe

Answer 19

mollify

Question 20

(v.) turn upside down or inside out

Answer 20

invert