Unit 7

Question 1

abhor

Answer 1

to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

Question 2

amend

Answer 2

to change in a formal way; to change for the better

Question 3

buffet

Answer 3

to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows

Question 4

chaos

Answer 4

great confusion, disorder

Question 5

commodious

Answer 5

roomy, spacious

Question 6

corrosive

Answer 6

eating away gradually, acid like; bitterly sarcastic

Question 7

discern

Answer 7

to see cleary, recognize

Question 8

extant

Answer 8

still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost

Question 9

implicate

Answer 9

to involve in, to connect with or be with or be related to

Question 10

inter

Answer 10

to bury; commit to the earth; to consign to obolivian

Question 11

martinet

Answer 11

a strict disciplinarian, a stickler for the rules

Question 12

obviate

Answer 12

to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

Question 13

renegade

Answer 13

one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw

Question 14

reprehensible

Answer 14

deserving blame or punishment

Question 15

somber

Answer 15

dark, gloomy, depressed or melancholy in spirit

Question 16

squalid

Answer 16

filthy, wretched, debased

Question 17

turbulent

Answer 17

disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy

Question 18

vociferous

Answer 18

loud and noisy; compelling attention

Question 19

voluminous

Answer 19

of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

Question 20

waive

Answer 20

to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer