Vocab Unit 4 Lit

Question 1

bolster

Answer 1

to support, give a boost to; a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post

Question 2

peruse

Answer 2

to read thoroughly and carefully

Question 3

annul

Answer 3

to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void

Question 4

obsess

Answer 4

to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

Question 5

recourse

Answer 5

a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection

Question 6

muster

Answer 6

a list of military personnel; a gathering, accumulation; to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include

Question 7

qualm

Answer 7

a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea

Question 8

prone

Answer 8

lying face down; inclined, likely

Question 9

deplore

Answer 9

to feel or express regret or disapproval

Question 10

oust

Answer 10

to remove, drive out of a position or place

Question 11

blase

Answer 11

indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

Question 12

nonentity

Answer 12

a person or thing of no importance

Question 13

solicitous

Answer 13

showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something

Question 14

porous

Answer 14

full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water

Question 15

promontory

Answer 15

a high point of land extending into water

Question 16

residue

Answer 16

a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed

Question 17

ornate

Answer 17

elaborately decorated; showily splendid

Question 18

frivolous

Answer 18

of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously

Question 19

staid

Answer 19

serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct

Question 20

sustain

Answer 20

to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of