unit 7

Question 1

abeyance

Answer 1

a state of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside

Question 2

ambivalent

Answer 2

having opposite and conflicting feelings about soemthign

Question 3

beleaguer

Answer 3

to set upon form all sides, to surround with an army, to trouble, to harass

Question 4

carte blanche

Answer 4

full freedom or authority to act at one’s own discretion

Question 5

cataclysm

Answer 5

a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval, a surging flood, deluge

Question 6

debauch

Answer 6

to corrupt morally, seduce, to indulge in dissipation

Question 7

eclat

Answer 7

dazzling, or conspicuous success to acclaim

Question 8

fastidious

Answer 8

overly demanding or hard to please; excessively careful

Question 9

gambol

Answer 9

to skip or jump playfully

Question 10

imbue

Answer 10

to soak or stain thoroughly

Question 11

inchoate

Answer 11

just beginning, not fully formed, like a child’s mind

Question 12

lmapoon

Answer 12

a malicious satire, to satirize, ridicule

Question 13

malleable

Answer 13

physically capable of being formed into different shapes

Question 14

nemesis

Answer 14

an agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment

Question 15

opt

Answer 15

to make a choice

Question 16

phillistine

Answer 16

lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values

Question 17

picaresque

Answer 17

involving of clever rouges or adventures, fairy taleish

Question 18

nauseated or uneasy

Answer 18

queasy

Question 19

refractory

Answer 19

stubborn, hard or difficult to manage, not responsive to treatment

Question 20

savoir-faire

Answer 20

the ability to say and do the right thing in any situation