Unit 7

Question 1

abhor

Answer 1

v. to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

Question 2

amend

Answer 2

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

Question 3

buffet

Answer 3

v. 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

Question 4

chaos

Answer 4

great confusion, disorder

Question 5

commodious

Answer 5

adj. roomy, spacious

Question 6

corrosive

Answer 6

adj. eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic

Question 7

discern

Answer 7

v. to see clearly, recognize

Question 8

extant

Answer 8

adj. still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost

Question 9

implicate

Answer 9

v. to involve in; to connect with or be related to

Question 10

inter

Answer 10

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

Question 11

martinet

Answer 11

n. a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

obviate to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

Question 12

obviate

Answer 12

v. to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

Question 13

renegade

Answer 13

n. one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw

v. traitorous, unconventional, unorthodox

Question 14

reprehensible

Answer 14

adj. deserving blame or punishment

Question 15

somber

Answer 15

adj. dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

Question 16

squalid

Answer 16

adj. filthy, wretched, debased

Question 17

turbulent

Answer 17

adj. disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy

Question 18

vociferous

Answer 18

adj. loud and noisy; compelling attention

Question 19

voluminous

Answer 19

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

Question 20

waive

Answer 20

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