Unit 8

Question 1

(adj) strongly emotional; fierce and passionate

Answer 1

vehement

Question 2

(v) to attack strongly in words; to talk or talk bitterly

Answer 2

inveigh

Question 3

(v) to draw a conclusion based on little or no information; to guess

Answer 3

surmise

Question 4

(n) the end of existence; death

Answer 4

demise

Question 5

(v) to make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon

Answer 5

remit

Question 6

(adj) standing for another thing

Answer 6

emblematic

Question 7

(adj) of or like a devil; very wicked or cruel

Answer 7

diabolical

Question 8

(n) an exaggeration for effect

Answer 8

hyperbole

Question 9

(adj) happening in parts or segments

Answer 9

episodic

Question 10

(adj) orderly and regular

Answer 10

methodical

Question 11

(n) a council, especially of churches or church officials

Answer 11

synod

Question 12

(adj) having to do with the country

Answer 12

pastoral

Question 13

(n) a meal; food and drink for a meal

Answer 13

repast

Question 14

(adj) gathered into a whole; total

Answer 14

aggregate

Question 15

(adj) standing out sharply as wrong or bad

Answer 15

egregious

Question 16

(adj) liking to be with other people

Answer 16

gregarious

Question 17

(adj) having to do with farming

Answer 17

agrarian

Question 18

(n) the act of traveling about; a journey

Answer 18

peregrination

Question 19

(n) fulfillment of an effort or desire

Answer 19

fruition

Question 20

(adj) yielding no positive results

Answer 20

fruitless

Question 21

(adj) having to do with the countryside; rural

Answer 21

rustic

Question 22

(adj) having to do with the country life or farms

Answer 22

bucolic

Question 23

(adj) simple and pleasant

Answer 23

idyllic