Unit 9 English Vocab

Question 0

Candid

Answer 0

(Adjective) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed

Question 1

Auxiliary

Answer 1

Adjective: giving assistance or support. Noun: a helper, aid

Question 2

Cubicle

Answer 2

(Noun) a small room or compartment

Question 3

Drudgery

Answer 3

(Noun) work that is hard and tiresome

Question 4

Envoy

Answer 4

(Noun) a representative or messenger (as of a government)

Question 5

Escalate

Answer 5

(Verb) to elevate; to increase in intensity

Question 6

Expedient

Answer 6

(Noun) a mean to an end

(Adjective) advantageous, useful

Question 7

Feign

Answer 7

(Verb) to pretend

Question 8

Flair

Answer 8

(Noun) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style

Question 9

Grievous

Answer 9

(Adjective) causing sorrow or pain; serious

Question 10

Heterogeneous

Answer 10

(Adjective) composed of different kinds, diverse

Question 11

Horde

Answer 11

(noun) a vast number; a throng

Question 12

Impel

Answer 12

(Verb) to force, drive forward

Question 13

Incredulous

Answer 13

(adjective) disbelieving, skeptical

Question 14

Inscribe

Answer 14

(Verb) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list

Question 15

Monologue

Answer 15

(Noun) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

Question 16

Prognosis

Answer 16

(noun) a forest of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation

Question 17

Rasping

Answer 17

(adjective) with harsh, grating sound;

(noun) a harsh sound

Question 18

Repugnant

Answer 18

(adjective) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

Question 19

Scuttle

Answer 19

(Verb) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry

(noun) a pail