units 4-6 test

Question 1

auspicious

Answer 1

favorable, fortunate

Question 2

daunt

Answer 2

to overcome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage

Question 3

hoodwink

Answer 3

to mislead by a trick, swindle

Question 4

intrepid

Answer 4

very brave, fearless, unshakable

Question 5

pliant

Answer 5

bending readily, easily influenced

Question 6

precipice

Answer 6

a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster

Question 7

rectify

Answer 7

to make right, correct

Question 8

reprieve

Answer 8

a temporary relief or delay

to grant postponement

Question 9

revile

Answer 9

to attack with words, call bad names

Question 10

accomplice

Answer 10

a person who takes part in a crime

Question 11

arbitrary

Answer 11

unreasonable, based on ones wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness

Question 12

catalyst

Answer 12

a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction, any agent that causes change

Question 13

exodus

Answer 13

a large scale departure or flight

Question 14

latent

Answer 14

hidden, present but not realized

Question 15

prattle

Answer 15

to talk in an aimless, foolish or simple way, to babble

baby talk, babble

Question 16

rebut

Answer 16

to offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion, to refute

Question 17

succumb

Answer 17

to give way to superior force, yield

to give into

Question 18

slapdash

Answer 18

careless and hasty

Question 19

stagnant

Answer 19

not running or flowing, foul from standing still, inactive

Question 20

atone

Answer 20

to make up for

Question 21

credible

Answer 21

believable

Question 22

diligent

Answer 22

hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Question 23

doleful

Answer 23

sad, dreary

Question 24

hamper

Answer 24

to hold back

Question 25

incessant

Answer 25

never stopping, going on all the time

Question 26

lucid

Answer 26

easy to understand, clear, rational, sane

Question 27

prim

Answer 27

overly neat, proper, or formal, prudish

Question 28

superfluous

Answer 28

exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

Question 29

taunt

Answer 29

to jeer at, mock

an insulting or mocking remark

Question 30

access

Answer 30

approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase
to get at, obtain