Unit Test 5-8

Question 1

Legacy

Answer 1

Body of ideas, achievements, and morals

Question 2

Delegate

Answer 2

To divide up, especially responsibilities

Question 3

Agenda

Answer 3

Plan of action; purpose

Question 4

Proactive

Answer 4

Seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

Question 5

Exacting

Answer 5

Demanding perfection; strict

Question 6

Repulsion

Answer 6

Desire to avoid; disgust

Question 7

Dispel

Answer 7

To scatter about, break up

Question 8

Propel

Answer 8

To cause to move towards; push

Question 9

Relative

Answer 9

Dependent upon

Question 10

Superlative

Answer 10

Excellent; above all others

Question 11

Dilate

Answer 11

To widen

Question 12

Assonance

Answer 12

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 13

Dissonance

Answer 13

Unpleasant or unharmonious sound

Question 14

Incantation

Answer 14

A chant; a recited magical spell

Question 15

Recant

Answer 15

To formally withdraw

Question 16

Audit

Answer 16

A thorough review

Question 17

Auditory

Answer 17

Having to do with the sense of hearing

Question 18

Disenchanted

Answer 18

Losing fondness for; unhappy with

Question 19

Inaudible

Answer 19

Unable to be heard

Question 20

Resonant

Answer 20

Having an effect; powerful

Question 21

Analogous

Answer 21

Comparable to; like

Question 22

Dialogue

Answer 22

Conversation between characters

Question 23

Prologue

Answer 23

A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event

Question 24

Bellicose

Answer 24

Warlike

Question 25

Antagonize

Answer 25

To annoy or provoke to anger

Question 26

Antebellum

Answer 26

Occurring before a war

Question 27

Belligerence

Answer 27

Warlike mood or attitude

Question 28

Enamored

Answer 28

Fond of; feeling love towards

Question 29

Amiable

Answer 29

Good-natured; cheerful

Question 30

Amicable

Answer 30

Peaceable, friendly

Question 31

Protagonist

Answer 31

Main character in a story

Question 32

Antagonist

Answer 32

A character or force in conflict with the main character

Question 33

Philosophical

Answer 33

Calm and wise; reasonable

Question 34

Philanthropy

Answer 34

Charitable donation to public causes

Question 35

Bibliophile

Answer 35

A lover of books

Question 36

Impediment

Answer 36

An obstacle

Question 37

Expedient

Answer 37

Convenient; practical

Question 38

Corporeal

Answer 38

Having to do with the body

Question 39

Incorporate

Answer 39

To bring together features, ideas, or elements

Question 40

Pedestrian

Answer 40

Ordinary or dull

Question 41

Pedant

Answer 41

A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning

Question 42

Pedagogue

Answer 42

A teacher, especially one who is dull and narrow-minded

Question 43

Travesty

Answer 43

A bad imitation of; a perversion of

Question 44

Vested

Answer 44

Significant to one’s own profit or well-being

Question 45

Vestment

Answer 45

Clothing worn to symbolize religious or political authority

Question 46

Divest

Answer 46

To strip or remove a title or position of authority

Question 47

Corpulent

Answer 47

Fat or obese