Unit 7

Question 0

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

Answer 0

Amend

Question 1

verb- to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

Answer 1

Abhor

Question 2

verb- to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one’s way with difficulty; noun- a slap or blow

Answer 2

Buffet

Question 3

great confusion, disorder

Answer 3

Chaos

Question 4

roomy, spacious

Answer 4

Commodious

Question 5

eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic

Answer 5

Corrosive

Question 6

to see clearly, recognize

Answer 6

Discern

Question 7

still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost

Answer 7

Extant

Question 8

to involve in; to connect with or be related to

Answer 8

Implicate

Question 9

to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion

Answer 9

Inter

Question 10

a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

Answer 10

Martinet

Question 11

to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

Answer 11

Obviate

Question 12

one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; traitorous, unconventional, unorthodox

Answer 12

Renegade

Question 13

deserving blame or punishment

Answer 13

Reprehensible

Question 14

dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

Answer 14

Somber

Question 15

filthy, wretched, debased

Answer 15

Squalid

Question 16

disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy

Answer 16

Turbulent

Question 17

loud and noisy; compelling attention

Answer 17

Vociferous

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Voluminous

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Waive

Question 20

syn- detest, despise, abominate

ant- admire, cherish, respect, relish

Answer 20

Abhor

Question 21

syn- modify, improve, correct

Answer 21

Amend

Question 22

syn- batter, sock, thump, pummel, toss about

Answer 22

Buffet

Question 23

syn- anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium

ant- order, regularity, tranquility

Answer 23

Chaos

Question 24

syn- comfortable, ample, capacious

ant- cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient

Answer 24

commodious

Question 25

syn- caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful

ant- bland, mild, benign, amiable

Answer 25

corrosive

Question 26

syn- perceive, detect, distinguish

ant- overlook

Answer 26

discern

Question 27

syn- surviving, in existence

ant- extinct, defunct, vanished

Answer 27

extant

Question 28

syn- incriminate, entangle

ant- absolve, exculpate

Answer 28

implicate

Question 29

ant- unearth, exhume

Answer 29

inter

Question 30

syn- taskmaster, slave driver

Answer 30

martinet

Question 31

syn- preclude, forestall, ward off

Answer 31

obviate

Question 32

syn- turncoat, defector, heretic

ant- loyalist

Answer 32

renegade

Question 33

syn- objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious

ant- commendable, blameless, meritorious

Answer 33

reprehensible

Question 34

syn- mournful, dismal

ant- bright, sunny, lighthearted, cheerful, jaunty

Answer 34

somber

Question 35

syn- dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject

ant- neat, spruce, exalted, lofty

Answer 35

squalid

Question 36

syn- tumultuous, unruly, agitated

ant- calm, placid, tranquil, still

Answer 36

turbulent

Question 37

syn- clamorous, uproarious, blustering

ant- quiet, soft-spoken, muted subdued

Answer 37

vociferous

Question 38

syn- bulky, massive, copious, plentiful

ant- scant, meager, brief, succinct

Answer 38

voluminous

Question 39

syn- decline, relinquish, forgo

ant- claim, accept

Answer 39

waive