Vocabulary Workshop Unit 4

Question 1

a joining together for some common purpose

Answer 1

alliance

Question 2

to puzzle completely, confuse

Answer 2

bewilder

Question 3

a clown; a course person

Answer 3

buffoon

Question 4

arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement

Answer 4

controversial

Question 5

to discourage

Answer 5

dishearten

Question 6

not producing the desired results, unsuccessful

Answer 6

fruitless

Question 7

unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive

Answer 7

hostile

Question 8

easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused

Answer 8

inflammable

Question 9

to give or cause something unpleasant, impose

Answer 9

inflict

Question 10

deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious

Answer 10

malignant

Question 11

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

Answer 11

mortify

Question 12

in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things

Answer 12

orthodox

Question 13

to obtain through special effort; to bring about

Answer 13

procure

Question 14

to run quickly, scamper, hurry

Answer 14

scurry

Question 15

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

Answer 15

sodden

Question 16

full of life and vigor; courageous

Answer 16

spirited

Question 17

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

Answer 17

virtual

Question 18

completely empty; having no legal force or effect;
empty or unfilled space;
to cancel or nullify

Answer 18

void

Question 19

disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious

Answer 19

wayward

Question 20

to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear;
the act of drawing back in this way

Answer 20

wince