Vocabulary units 1-8

Question 1

Impartial (adj)

Answer 1

not favoring one side more than the other; fair

Question 2

Dire (adj)

Answer 2

dreadful, terrible

Question 3

Emanate (v)

Answer 3

to come forth

Question 4

Fervent adj)

Answer 4

having or showing great intensity of feeling, passionate

Question 5

Imperious (adj)

Answer 5

extremely proud and controlling

Question 6

Novel (adj)

Answer 6

new and unusual

Question 7

Presume (v)

Answer 7

to take upon oneself without permission or authority; dare

Question 8

Tangible (adj)

Answer 8

capable of being touched or felt

Question 9

Quarry (n)

Answer 9

anything that is hunted or pursued, especially an animal

Question 10

Discern (v)

Answer 10

to detect or recognize, to make out

Question 11

Condone (v)

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Scruple (n)

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Diverting (adj)

Answer 13

amusing, entertaining

Question 14

Deplorable (adj)

Answer 14

very bad, regrettable

Question 15

Imperative (adj)

Answer 15

absolutely necessary

Question 16

Zealous (adj)

Answer 16

very eager, enthusiastic

Question 17

Desperate (adj)

Answer 17

involving extreme danger or disaster

Question 18

Entranced (adj)

Answer 18

in a state of wonder or amazement

Question 19

Hallucination (n)

Answer 19

something perceived that has no reality

Question 20

Premonition (n)

Answer 20

feeling that something bad will happen

Question 21

Profound (n)

Answer 21

intense; deep

Question 22

Meditative (adj)

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 (verb, participle)

Answer 43

eagerly expected

Question 44

devoted (adjective)

Answer 44

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

Question 45

elation (noun)

Answer 45

great happiness and excitement

Question 46

enthralled (verb, participle)

Answer 46

captivated

Question 47

infatuated (adjective)

Answer 47

briefly but intensely in love

Question 48

impulse (noun)

Answer 48

urge to act or do something