Vocabulary Unit #4

Question 1

alliance

Answer 1

(n.) a joining together for some common purpose

Question 2

bewilder

Answer 2

(v.) to puzzle completely, confuse

Question 3

buffoon

Answer 3

(n.) a clown; a coarse person

Question 4

controversial

Answer 4

(adj.) arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement

Question 5

dishearten

Answer 5

(v.) to discourage

Question 6

fruitless

Answer 6

(adj.) not producing the desired results, unsuccessful

Question 7

hostile

Answer 7

(adj.) unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive

Question 8

inflammable

Answer 8

(adj) easily set on fire, easily angered or aroused

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Question 9

inflict

Answer 9

v. to give or cause something unpleasant, impose

Question 10

malignant

Answer 10

adj. deadly, extremely harmful, evil, spiteful, malicious

Question 11

mortify

Answer 11

v. to hurt someone’s feelings deeply , to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self- denial or suffering

Question 12

orthodox

Answer 12

adj. an agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things

Question 13

procure

Answer 13

v. to obtain through special effort; to bring about

Question 14

scurry

Answer 14

v. to run quickly, scamper, hurry

Question 15

sodden

Answer 15

adj. soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless

Question 16

spirited

Answer 16

full of life and vigor; courageous

Question 17

virtual

Answer 17

adj. having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close to be as equivalant to the real thing

Question 18

void

Answer 18

completely empty; having no legal force or effect, N. empty or unified space, v. to cancel or nullify

Question 19

wayward

Answer 19

adj. disobedient, willful; unpredicable, capricious

Question 20

wince

Answer 20

v. to draw back suddenly, as though in pain and fear; n. the act of drawing back in this way