Vocabulary Unit 3

Question 1

formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment

Answer 1

absolution

Question 2

restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something

Answer 2

abstain

Question 3

done openly and unashamed

Answer 3

blatant

Question 4

have a severely detrimental effect on

Answer 4

blighted

Question 5

deserving public acknowledgement and praise but not necessarily outstanding or successful

Answer 5

creditable

Question 6

having or showing too great a readiness to believe things

Answer 6

credulous

Question 7

establish or settle in a comfortable, safe, or secret place

Answer 7

ensconce

Question 8

envelop completely and hide from view

Answer 8

enshroud

Question 9

be quick to do something

Answer 9

hasten

Question 10

the appearance or quality of being arrogantly superior and disdainful

Answer 10

haughtiness

Question 11

a deep cut or tear in skin or flesh

Answer 11

laceration

Question 12

tearful or given to weeping

Answer 12

lachrymose

Question 13

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

Answer 13

obdurate

Question 14

render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible

Answer 14

obfuscate

Question 15

seeming reasonable or probable

Answer 15

plausible

Question 16

seeming reasonable or probable

Answer 16

plausible

Question 17

a large or excessive amount of

Answer 17

plethora

Question 18

cancel or postpone the punishment of

Answer 18

reprieve

Question 19

refuse to accept or be associated with

Answer 19

repudiate

Question 20

showy by cheap and of poor quality

Answer 20

tawdry

Question 21

boredom

Answer 21

tedium