Wilma Ferro

Question 1

1. Acute

Answer 1

Something that is very serious, severe or extreme.

Sentence
The branches grow at a more acute angle.

Question 2

2. Alarmed

Answer 2

Worried; anxious; panicky.

Sentence
His threats alarmed the Austrian court.

Question 3

3. Amity

Answer 3

The bond between two people or countries that get along well.

Sentence
The cordial relationship between the United States and Canada is an example of amity.

Question 4

4. Apprehensive

Answer 4

A person who is upset or worried about some future event or about the possibility that something will happen.

Sentence
Mr. Cooms was apprehensive about what he described as an assault on our safety.

Question 5

5. Challenge

Answer 5

An act of rebellion against someone or something.

Sentence
For the first time in her life, she thought she’d found someone she wasn’t sure she could challenge without losing herself in the game.

Question 6

6. Compassionate

Answer 6

Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.

Sentence
I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds

Question 7

7. Complexity

Answer 7

The state or quality of being intricate or complicated

Sentence
An issue of great complexity

Question 8

8. Countryside

Answer 8

The land and scenery of a rural area

Sentence
They explored the surrounding countryside

Question 9

9. Dauntless

Answer 9

Showing fearlessness and determination

Sentence
He was determined, she could tell, perhaps even dauntless.

Question 10

10. Deliverance

Answer 10

The action of being rescued or set free

Sentence
They were praying for death for deliverance from pathetic existence.

Question 11

11. Detect

Answer 11

Discover or identify the presence or existence of
Sentence
If he detects the presence of drugs on someone we could then go ahead and search them

Question 12

12. Enclosed

Answer 12

Surrounded or closed off on all sides

Sentence
A dark enclosed space.

Question 13

13. Encounter

Answer 13

To come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly

Sentence
She felt totally unnerved by the encounter.

Question 14

14. Existence

Answer 14

The fact or state of living or having objecting reality

Sentence
The organization has been in existence for fifteen years.

Question 15

15. Evidence

Answer 15

The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid

Sentence
The study finds little evidence of overt discrimination.

Question 16

16. Fantastic

Answer 16

Extraordinarily good or attractive

Sentence
He has a wonderful wife, a fantastic job and two brilliant children

Question 17

17. Generous

Answer 17

Showing kindness toward others

Sentence
She was incredibly generous with her money, showering those she loved with gifts

Question 18

18. Horrified

Answer 18

Filled with horror; extremely shocked

Sentence
The horrified spectators

Question 19

19. Indicate

Answer 19

To show, point, or make clear in another way

Sentence
The boxed text indicates the numbering and color-coding scheme

Question 20

20. Interrogate

Answer 20

Ask questions of (someone, especially a suspect or prisoner) closely, aggressively, or formally

Sentence
He was interrogated by MI6

Question 21

21. Manually

Answer 21

Involving or using a human effort,skill,power,energy

Sentence

Change channels manually rather than using the remote control.

Question 22

22. Maximum

Answer 22

The greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable,etc.

Sentence
The maximum depth of the pool is 6 feet