Vocab unit 5

Question 1

Amnesty

Answer 1

n-an act of forgiveness

Question 2

Autonomy

Answer 2

n- self-government home rule

Question 3

Axiomatic

Answer 3

adj-self-evident taken for granted

Question 4

blazon

Answer 4

V- to adorn or embellish broadcast

Question 5

caveat

Answer 5

n- a warning to prevent misunderstanding admonition

Question 6

Equitable

Answer 6

adj-fair, just, right, reasonable

Question 7

extricate

Answer 7

v- disentangle to remove with effort

Question 8

Flich

Answer 8

v- to steal steal, swipe, purloin

Question 9

Flout

Answer 9

v- to mock, treat with contempt, sneer at

Question 10

Fractious

Answer 10

adj- unruly, unpredictable peevish

Question 11

Precept

Answer 11

n- a rule of conduct or action principle

Question 12

Salutary

Answer 12

adj- helpful salubrious curative

Question 13

scathing

Answer 13

adj- bitterly severe, harsh, savage

Question 14

Scourge

Answer 14

v- to whip, punish flog, beat, n-bane plague

Question 15

Sepulchral

Answer 15

adj- typical of the tomb extremely gloomy lugubrious

Question 16

soporific

Answer 16

adj- tending to cause sleep. n- something that induces sleep

Question 17

Straitlaced

Answer 17

adj- extremely strict in regard to moral standards conventional

Question 18

Transient

Answer 18

adj- lasting only a short time, fleeting impermanent n- one who stays only a short time

Question 19

Unwieldy

Answer 19

adj- not easily carried Or managed impractical clumsy

Question 20

vapid

Answer 20

adj- dull uninteresting lifeless insipid