unit5

Question 1

malevolent

Answer 1

Having or showing intense ill will or hatred.

Question 2

malicious

Answer 2

Desiring to cause pain, injury, or distress to another.

Question 3

malign

Answer 3

To make harsh and often false or misleading statements about.

Question 4

malnourished

Answer 4

Badly or poorly nourished.

Question 5

cataclysm

Answer 5

(1) A violent and massive change of the earth’s surface. (2) A momentous event that results in great upheaval and often destruction.

Question 6

catacomb

Answer 6

An underground cemetery of connecting passageways with recesses for tombs.

Question 7

catalyst

Answer 7

(1) A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction or lets it take place under different conditions. (2) Someone or something that brings about or speeds significant change or action.

Question 8

catatonic

Answer 8

(1) Relating to or suffering from a form of schizophrenia. (2) Showing an unusual lack of movement, activity, or expression.

Question 9

protagonist

Answer 9

The main character in a literary work.

Question 10

protocol

Answer 10

(1) A code of diplomatic or military rules of behavior. (2) A set of rules for the formatting of data in an electronic communications system.

Question 11

protoplasm

Answer 11

The substance that makes up the living parts of cells.

Question 12

prototype

Answer 12

(1) An original model on which something is patterned. (2) A first, full-scale, usually working version of a new type or design.

Question 13

antechamber

Answer 13

An outer room that leads to another and is often used as a waiting room.

Question 14

antedate

Answer 14

(1) To date something (such as a check) with a date earlier than that of actual writing. (2) To precede in time.

Question 15

antecedent

Answer 15

(1) A word or phrase that is referred to by a pronoun that follows it. (2) An event or cause coming before something.

Question 16

anterior

Answer 16

(1) Located before or toward the front or head. (2) Coming before in time or development.

Question 17

orthodontics

Answer 17

A branch of dentistry that deals with the treatment and correction of crooked teeth and other irregularities.

Question 18

orthodox

Answer 18

(1) Holding established beliefs, especially in religion. (2) Conforming to established rules or traditions; conventional.

Question 19

orthopedics

Answer 19

The correction or prevention of deformities of the skeleton.

Question 20

orthography

Answer 20

The spelling of words, especially spelling according to standard usage.

Question 21

rectitude

Answer 21

Moral integrity.

Question 22

rectify

Answer 22

To set right; remedy.

Question 23

rectilinear

Answer 23

(1) Moving in or forming a straight line. (2) Having many straight lines.

Question 24

directive

Answer 24

Something that guides or directs; especially, a general instruction from a high-level body or official.

Question 25

eugenic

Answer 25

Relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring through controlled breeding.

Question 26

euphemism

Answer 26

An agreeable or inoffensive word or expression that is substituted for one that may offend or disgust.

Question 27

euphoria

Answer 27

A strong feeling of well-being or happiness.

Question 28

eulogy

Answer 28

(1) A formal speech or writing especially in honor of a dead person. (2) High praise.

Question 29

dystopia

Answer 29

An imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.

Question 30

dyslexia

Answer 30

A disturbance or interference with the ability to read or to use language.

Question 31

dyspeptic

Answer 31

(1) Relating to or suffering from indigestion. (2) Having an irritable temperament; ill-humored.

Question 32

dysplasia

Answer 32

Abnormal development of cells or organs, or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth.