Unit 8 Definitions

Question 1

(v.) to turn bottom side up, upset

Answer 1

capsize

Question 2

(n.) a large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure

Answer 2

catastrophe

Question 3

(v.) to become or make less, (n.) a lessening

Answer 3

decrease

Question 4

(adj.) inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate

Answer 4

disputatious

Question 5

(v.) to drive or throw out, evict

Answer 5

eject

Question 6

(v.) to grow, thrive, be prosperous; to wave in the air; (n.) a dramatic gesture; a fanfare of horns

Answer 6

flourish

Question 7

(n.) a reason for doing something; something that simulates action

Answer 7

incentive

Question 8

(adj.) disobedient, rebellious

Answer 8

insubordinate

Question 9

(adj.) easily read

Answer 9

legible

Question 10

(n.) the central point or heart of a matter; a knob

Answer 10

nub

Question 11

(n.) a violent attack; a sudden rush of something

Answer 11

onslaught

Question 12

(v.) to establish by law; to order or command; to appoint as a priest or minister; to destine

Answer 12

ordain

Question 13

(v.) to get ahead of, do better than, exceed

Answer 13

outstrip

Question 14

(v.) to spread throughout

Answer 14

pervade

Question 15

(adj.) cautious, careful, showing good sense

Answer 15

prudent

Question 16

(v.) to put out, extinguish, end

Answer 16

quench

Question 17

(n.) a small part remaining behind

Answer 17

remnant

Question 18

(adj.) happening or existing at the same time

Answer 18

simultaneous

Question 19

(v.) to turn aside sharply; (n.) a sharp or sudden turn

Answer 19

swerve

Question 20

(adj.) not usual, not typical, strange

Answer 20

abnormal