Unit 9 Vocabilary

Question 0

Candid

Answer 0

Adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed

Question 1

Auxiliary

Answer 1

Adj.) giving assistance or support

N.) a helper, aid

Question 2

Cubicle

Answer 2

N.) a small room or compartment

Question 3

Drudgery

Answer 3

N.) work that is hard and tiresome

Question 4

Envoy

Answer 4

N.) a representative or messenger (as of a government)

Question 5

Escalate

Answer 5

V.) to elevate; to increase in intensity

Question 6

Expedient

Answer 6

N.) a means to an end

Adj.) advantageous, useful

Question 7

Feign

Answer 7

V.) to pretend

Question 8

Flair

Answer 8

N.) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style

Question 9

Grievous

Answer 9

Adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious

Question 10

Hererogeneous

Answer 10

Adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse

Question 11

Horde

Answer 11

N.) a vast number (as of people); a throng

Question 12

Impel

Answer 12

V.) to force, drive forward

Question 13

Incredulous

Answer 13

Adj.) disbelieving, skeptical

Question 14

Inscribe

Answer 14

V.) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list

Question 15

Monologue

Answer 15

N.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

Question 16

Prognosis

Answer 16

N.) a forecast of the probable outcome of a disease or situation

Question 17

Rasping

Answer 17

Adj.) with harsh, grating sound

N.) a harsh sound

Question 18

Repugnant

Answer 18

Adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

Question 19

Scuttle

Answer 19

V.) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry
N.) a pail