VOCAB UNIT 8

Question 1

Connoisseur

Answer 1

An expert, particularly in matters regarding taste

Question 2

asunder

Answer 2

in separate parts, apart from each other in position

Question 3

raze

Answer 3

to tear down, to demolish to the ground

Question 4

blighted

Answer 4

ruined, destroyed

Question 5

aghast

Answer 5

horrified, terrified

Question 6

milieu

Answer 6

environment, surroundings

Question 7

arduous

Answer 7

hard, difficult, tiresome

Question 8

coterie

Answer 8

a circle of close associates or friends, the inner circle

Question 9

awry

Answer 9

twisted, crooked crazy, whacky, out of control, askew, wrong

Question 10

table

Answer 10

to remove from consideration, postpone

Question 11

harried

Answer 11

to be troubled or bothered

Question 12

irascible

Answer 12

easily angered, irritable, short-fused

Question 13

congenial

Answer 13

pleasant to be around, social, agreeable

Question 14

boisterous

Answer 14

rowdy

Question 15

chimerical

Answer 15

far out, unrealistic, bizarre experience

Question 16

vertigo

Answer 16

the sensation of dizziness a confused disoriented state of mind

Question 17

fallacious

Answer 17

wrong, incorrect, false

Question 18

impasse

Answer 18

dead end

Question 19

zeal

Answer 19

enthusiasm