Vocab - Unit 13

Question 1

Adhere

Answer 1

V. to stick or be attached firmly

Question 2

Affirm

Answer 2

V. to state something is true, or to state your support for an idea, opinion, etc.

Synonym: ratify

Question 3

Atrocity

Answer 3

N. an extremely cruel, violent, or shocking act

Synonym: monstrosity

Question 4

Audition

Answer 4

N. to give a short performance in order to show that you are suitable for a part in a film, play, show, etc., or to make someone do this

Synonym: tryout

Question 5

Cope

Answer 5

V. to deal with problems or difficulties, esp. with a degree of success

Synonym: handle, manage

Question 6

Deter

Answer 6

V. to prevent or discourage someone from doing something

Synonym: discourage

Question 7

Disquieting

Answer 7

Adj. causing anxiety or worry

Synonym: disturbing, troubling

Question 8

Empower

Answer 8

V. to encourage and support the ability to do something

Synonym: enable, authorise

Question 9

Fluent

Answer 9

Adj. (of a person) able to speak a language easily and well,
or
(of a language) spoken easily and without many pauses

Synonym: articulate, eloquent

Question 10

Lag

Answer 10

V. to move or make progress so slowly that you are behind other people or things

N. a delay between two things happening

Synonym: delay

Question 11

Mangle

Answer 11

V. to destroy something by twisting it with force or tearing it into pieces so that its original form is completely changed

Synonym: rend, mutilate, disfigure

Question 12

Misapprehension

Answer 12

N. a failure to understand something, or an understanding or belief about something that is not correct

Synonym: misunderstanding, misconception

Question 13

Optimist

Answer 13

N. the quality of being full of hope and emphasizing the good parts of a situation, or a belief that something good will happen

Synonym: hopeful

Question 14

Prowl

Answer 14

V. to move around an area quietly and secretly, as when hunting

Synonym: skulk, sneak

Question 15

Stupefy

Answer 15

V. to tire or bore someone so much that the person cannot think or do anything
Or
to shock someone; stun

Question 16

Sulky

Answer 16

Adj. being silent and unpleasant because you are angry or annoyed

Synonym: petulant, grouchy

Question 17

Supplement

Answer 17

N. something that is added to something else in order to improve it or complete it; something extra

V. to add something to something to make it larger or better

Synonym: addition

Question 18

Surge

Answer 18

V. to increase suddenly and strongly
Or
to move quickly and powerfully

N. A sudden and great increase
Or
to move suddenly forward

Question 19

Trait

Answer 19

N. a characteristic, esp. of a personality

Synonym. Characteristic, feature

Question 20

Unscrupulous

Answer 20

Adj. willing to lie or cheat to succeed

Synonym: dishonest

Question 21

peevish

Answer 21

Adj. easily annoyed