Unit 8 Set A/B

Question 1

abnormal (SET A)

Answer 1

(adj.) not usual, not typical, strange

Question 2

catastrophe (SET A)

Answer 2

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

Question 3

decrease (SET A)

Answer 3

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

Question 4

flourish (SET A)

Answer 4

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

gesture; a fanfare of horns

Question 5

insubordinate (SET A)

Answer 5

(adj.) disobedient, rebellious

Question 6

onslaught (SET A)

Answer 6

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

Question 7

outstrip (SET A)

Answer 7

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

Question 8

prudent (SET A)

Answer 8

(adj.) cautious, careful, showing good sense

Question 9

quench (SET A)

Answer 9

(v.) to put out, extinguish, end

Question 10

swerve (SET A)

Answer 10

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

Question 11

capsize (SET B)

Answer 11

(v.) to turn bottom side up, upset

Question 12

disputatious (SET B)

Answer 12

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

Question 13

evict (SET B)

Answer 13

(v.) to force out from a property, eject

Question 14

incentive (SET B)

Answer 14

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

Question 15

legible (SET B)

Answer 15

(adj.) easily read

Question 16

nub (SET B)

Answer 16

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

Question 17

ordain (SET B)

Answer 17

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

minister; to destine

Question 18

pervade

Answer 18

(v.) to spread throughout

Question 19

remnant (n.) (SET B)

Answer 19

(n.) a small part behind

Question 20

simultaneous (SET B)

Answer 20

(adj.) happening or existing at the same time