Vocabulary: Unit 1

Question 1

abate

Answer 1

(v.) To become weaker; to decrease

(adj.) unabated: no decrease

Question 2

acknowledge

Answer 2

(v.) To admit the existence of something.

Question 3

agent

Answer 3

(n.) A person who acts or does business for another.

(n.) Something that brings about a result.

Question 4

authority

Answer 4

(n.) The right to give orders, make decisions, or take actions.

(n.) A group of people who have the right to enforce laws.

Question 5

devastate

Answer 5

(v.) To ruin or destroy completely.

(adj.) devastating

Question 6

epidemic

Answer 6

(n.) The rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time.

Question 7

estimate

Answer 7

(n.) A number that is not exact; a careful guess.

(v.) To figure roughly; to make an approximate calculation.

Question 8

evict

Answer 8

(v.) To force out of property by taking legal action.

Question 9

impartial

Answer 9

(adj.) Not favoring one side more than another; fair unbiased.

Question 10

industrious

Answer 10

(adj.) Hardworking; not lazy

Question 11

infuriate

Answer 11

(v.) To make very angry.

Question 12

irrelevant

Answer 12

(adj.) Having nothing to do with the subject.

Question 13

precise

Answer 13

(adj.) exact, specific

(n.) precision

Question 14

sham

Answer 14

(n.) Something fake or false.

(v.) To pretend

Question 15

trek

Answer 15

(n.) A long, slow and difficult journey.

(v.) To travel slowly and with difficulty.