Unit 7

Question 1

Abeyance

Answer 1

the state of being temporarily inactive suspended or set aside

Question 2

ambivalent

Answer 2

having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something

Question 3

Beleaguer

Answer 3

to set up on from all sides does around with an army, to trouble or harass

Question 4

Carte Blanche

Answer 4

full freedom or so ready to act that one’s own discretion

Question 5

Cataclysm

Answer 5

a sudden violent a devastating upheaval, a Surging flood, deluge

Question 6

Dabauch

Answer 6

to corrupt morally, seduce, to indulge in dissipation. an act or occasion of dissipation or vice

Question 7

Éclat

Answer 7

singer conspicuous success or a claim. Great brilliance of performance or achievements

Question 8

fastidious

Answer 8

overly demanding or hard to please, excessively careful in regard to details, easily disgusted

Question 9

gambol

Answer 9

to jump or skip about playfully

Question 10

imbue

Answer 10

to soak or stain thoroughly to fill the mind

Question 11

Inchoate

Answer 11

Just beginning, not fully shaped or formed

Question 12

Lampoon

Answer 12

Malicious satire.

To ridicule

Question 13

Malleable

Answer 13

Able to be pounded into sheets

Question 14

Nemesis

Answer 14

Rival

Question 15

Opt

Answer 15

Make a decision

Question 16

Philistine

Answer 16

Lacking in, hostile to, smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements

Such a person

Question 17

Picaresque

Answer 17

Involving or characteristic of clever rouges or adventures

Question 18

Queasy

Answer 18

Nauseous

Question 19

Refractory

Answer 19

Stubborn, hard to manage, not responsive to treatment or cure

Question 20

Savior-faire

Answer 20

The ability to stay and do the right thing in any situation.