units 1-3 test

Question 1

admonish

Answer 1

to caution or advise against something, to scold mildly, to remind of a duty

Question 2

circumspect

Answer 2

careful, cautious

Question 3

commandeer

Answer 3

to seize for military or official use

Question 4

cumbersome

Answer 4

clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving

Question 5

deadlocked

Answer 5

to standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions;
to bring to such a standstill

Question 6

efface

Answer 6

to wipe out, to keep oneself from being noticed

Question 7

muddle

Answer 7

to make a mess of, muddle through, to get by,

a hopeless mess

Question 8

opinionated

Answer 8

stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closes mind

Question 9

perennial

Answer 9

lasting for a long time, persistent,

a plant that lives for many years

Question 10

unbridled

Answer 10

lacking in restraint

Question 11

alien

Answer 11

a citizen of another country,

foreign, strange

Question 12

compensate

Answer 12

to make up for, to repay for services

Question 13

comely

Answer 13

having a pleasing appearance

Question 14

erratic

Answer 14

not regular or consistent, different from what is ordinarily expected, undependable

Question 15

illegible

Answer 15

difficult or impossible to read

Question 16

jeer

Answer 16

to make fun of rudely or unkindly,

a rude remark of derision

Question 17

lucrative

Answer 17

bringing in money, profitable

Question 18

proliferate

Answer 18

to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

Question 19

sully

Answer 19

to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

to ruin/make dirty

Question 20

terse

Answer 20

brief and to the point

Question 21

abridge

Answer 21

to make shorter

Question 22

adherent

Answer 22

a follower, supporter

attached, sticking to

Question 23

cherubic

Answer 23

resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face, sweet and innocent

Question 24

condone

Answer 24

to pardon or overlook

Question 25

eminent

Answer 25

famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting

Question 26

fabricate

Answer 26

to make, manufacture, to make up, invent

Question 27

marauder

Answer 27

a raider, plunderer

Question 28

pauper

Answer 28

an extremely poor person

Question 29

surmount

Answer 29

to overcome, rise above

Question 30

usurp

Answer 30

to seize and hold a position by force or without right