Vocabulary Workshop Unit 2

Question 1

(adj.) ready for use, at hand

Answer 1

available

Question 2

(v.) to satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and pleasant; to supply food and service

Answer 2

cater

Question 3

(adj.) usual, expected, routine

Answer 3

customary

Question 4

(v.) to persuade not to do something

Answer 4

dissuade

Question 5

(n.) a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business

Answer 5

entrepreneur

Question 6

(n.) a piece of burning wood; a troublemaker; an extremely energetic or emotional person

Answer 6

firebrand

Question 7

(n.) risk, peril; (v.) to expose to danger or harm; to gamble

Answer 7

hazard

Question 8

(v.) to delay; to stop or prevent from happening

Answer 8

hinder

Question 9

(n.) the killing of one person by another

Answer 9

homicide

Question 10

(n.) a lack of interest or concern

Answer 10

indifference

Question 11

(adj.) filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean

Answer 11

indignant

Question 12

(adj.) absolutely necessary, not to be neglected

Answer 12

indispensable

Question 13

(v.) to apply oil or grease; to make smooth, slippery, or easier to use

Answer 13

lubricate

Question 14

(adj.) shared, felt or shown equally by two or more

Answer 14

mutual

Question 15

(v.) to throw a stream of things; to strike successively; to hurry

Answer 15

pelt

Question 16

(n.) an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths; a widespread evil; (v.) to annoy or bother

Answer 16

plague

Question 17

(adj., part.) balanced, suspended; calm controlled; ready for action

Answer 17

poised

Question 18

(n.) a government in power; a form or system of rule or management; a period of rule

Answer 18

regime

Question 19

(adj.) allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood; easily seen through or detected

Answer 19

transparent

Question 20

(adj.) wholly unharmed, not injured

Answer 20

unscathed