Vocabulary units 1-8

Question 1

Impartial

Answer 1

not favoring one side more than the other; fair

Question 2

Dire

Answer 2

dreadful, terrible

Question 3

Emanate

Answer 3

to come forth

Question 4

Fervent

Answer 4

having or showing great intensity of feeling, passionate

Question 5

Imperious

Answer 5

extremely proud and controlling

Question 6

Novel

Answer 6

new and unusual

Question 7

Presume

Answer 7

to take upon oneself without permission or authority; dare

Question 8

Tangible

Answer 8

capable of being touched or felt

Question 9

Quarry

Answer 9

anything that is hunted or pursued, especially an animal

Question 10

Discern

Answer 10

to detect or recognize, to make out

Question 11

Condone

Answer 11

to excuse or overlook an offense, usually a serious one without criticism.

Question 12

Scruple

Answer 12

an uneasy feeling or hesitancy to act that arises from moral or ethical consideration.

Question 13

Diverting

Answer 13

amusing, entertaining

Question 14

Deplorable

Answer 14

very bad, regrettable

Question 15

Imperative

Answer 15

absolutely necessary

Question 16

Zealous

Answer 16

very eager, enthusiastic

Question 17

Desperate

Answer 17

involving extreme danger or disaster

Question 18

Entranced

Answer 18

in a state of wonder or amazement

Question 19

Hallucination

Answer 19

something perceived that has no reality

Question 20

Premonition

Answer 20

feeling that something bad will happen

Question 21

Profound

Answer 21

intense; deep

Question 22

Meditative

Answer 22

given to extended thought

Question 23

Lagoon

Answer 23

shallow lake or pond partly cut off from the sea by a strip of land.

Question 24

Emitted

Answer 24

Sent out, gave forth

Question 25

Pliant

Answer 25

Easily bent

Question 26

Exasperation

Answer 26

Anger, annoyance

Question 27

Indignantly

Answer 27

in an angry way

Question 28

Clamorously

Answer 28

noisily

Question 29

Involuntarily

Answer 29

accidentally

Question 30

elemental

Answer 30

basic and powerful

Question 31

expansively

Answer 31

in a broad or sympathetic way

Question 32

Incantation

Answer 32

chanting of special words in magic spells or rites

Question 33

Impenetrable

Answer 33

that cannot be passed through

Question 34

Undergrowth

Answer 34

small trees or shrubs that grow beneath large trees in woods or forests

Question 35

Uncommunicative

Answer 35

tending to keep one's feelings or opinions to oneself; quiet

Question 36

Demure

Answer 36

modest or shy

Question 37

Misguided

Answer 37

wrongly led into error

Question 38

Impaired

Answer 38

damaged; weakened

Question 39

Composite

Answer 39

things formed of distinct parts

Question 40

Derisive

Answer 40

showing ridicule

Question 41

clambering

Answer 41

climbing clumsily or with effort

Question 42

Ululations

Answer 42

Howlings or loud wailings

Question 43

anticipated

Answer 43

eagerly expected

Question 44

devoted

Answer 44

loving, loyal, and concerned with another's well-being

Question 45

elation

Answer 45

great happiness and excitement

Question 46

enthralled

Answer 46

captivated

Question 47

infatuated

Answer 47

briefly but intensely in love

Question 48

impulse

Answer 48

urge to act or do something

Question 49

proximity

Answer 49

nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation; closeness

Question 50

correspondent

Answer 50

A person employed by a news agency, periodical, television network, etc. to gather, report, or contribute new articles, and the like regularly from a distant place

Question 51

interpreter

Answer 51

a person who interprets, especially one who translates speech orally.

Question 52

encapsulate

Answer 52

express the essential features of (something) succinctly. 2.) enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule

Question 53

appalling

Answer 53

causing shock, disgust, or alarm

Question 54

clamor

Answer 54

a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting vehemently.

Question 55

despair

Answer 55

loss of hope, hopelessness

Question 56

grimace

Answer 56

an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement.

Question 57

Prosperity (n)

Answer 57

Good Fortune, Success

Question 58

Hallowed (adj)

Answer 58

Holy; sacred

Question 59

Tribulations (n)

Answer 59

Great trouble or misery

Question 60

Redemptive (adj)

Answer 60

Serving to deliver from sorrow; make amends or pay back

Question 61

Oppression (n)

Answer 61

Cruel or unjust treatment

Question 62

Exalted (adj)

Answer 62

elevated

Question 63

idly (adv)

Answer 63

Lazily, without taking action

Question 64

Postpone (verb)

Answer 64

delay

Question 65

stagnation (n)

Answer 65

State of being inactive and not moving or changing.

Question 66

complacency (n)

Answer 66

State of unthinking or satisfied acceptance

Question 67

yearning (n)

Answer 67

Strong desire; longing

Question 68

languished (verb)

Answer 68

Grown weak, lived under distressing conditions.

Question 69

activist (n)

Answer 69

A person who fights for radical social change with radical methods.

Question 70

radical (adj)

Answer 70

Extremely different from the usual

Question 71

advocating (v)

Answer 71

Arguing or acting in favor of an ideal