Unit 6-10

Question 1

apprise

Answer 1

to inform

Question 2

approbation

Answer 2

praise; approval

Question 3

appropriate

Answer 3

to take possession for one’s own use; confiscate

Question 4

artless

Answer 4

guileless (straightfoward); natural

Question 5

ascetic

Answer 5

one who practices self-denial; self-denying; austere

Question 6

assiduous

Answer 6

dilligent; hard working

Question 7

assuage

Answer 7

to make less severe

Question 8

attenuate

Answer 8

to weaken

Question 9

audacious

Answer 9

bold; daring

Question 10

austere

Answer 10

stern; unadorned; rigorously self-disciplined

Question 11

autonomous

Answer 11

self-governing; independent

Question 12

aver

Answer 12

to affirm; declare to be true

Question 13

revelry

Answer 13

boisterous festivity

Question 14

bacchanalian

Answer 14

pertaining to a riotous or drunken festivity ie revelry (bak-uh-ney-lee-in)

Question 15

banal

Answer 15

commonplace; trite; ordinary

Question 16

belie

Answer 16

to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression

Question 17

beneficent

Answer 17

kindly; doing good

Question 18

bombastic

Answer 18

pompous; using inflated language

Question 19

boorish

Answer 19

rude; insensitive

Question 20

broach

Answer 20

mention for the first time