WW Unit 2

Question 1

Appall

Answer 1

To horrify, shock, overcome with fear

Question 2

Abash

Answer 2

Make ashamed

Question 3

Petrify

Answer 3

Stiffen with fear (literally turn to stone)

Question 4

Meditate

Answer 4

To think, reflect, intend, or plan

Question 5

Deliberate

Answer 5

Consider various courses of action

Question 6

Ponder

Answer 6

Weigh an idea carefully

Question 7

Ruminate

Answer 7

Reflect upon (implies going over a subject repeatedly)

Question 8

Retrospection

Answer 8

Looking backward about what happened or would have happened

Question 9

Redeem

Answer 9

To buy back, make amends

Question 10

Feign

Answer 10

To pretend

Question 11

Feint

Answer 11

A pretended blow to mislead an opponent

Question 12

Demeanor

Answer 12

Conduct, behavior, manner

Question 13

Mien

Answer 13

Conduct, behavior, manner

Question 14

Custody

Answer 14

Keeping, care, guarding

Question 15

Deluge

Answer 15

A great downpour or flood

Question 16

Inundate

Answer 16

To flood (with questions, mail, etc)

Question 17

Relent

Answer 17

To become less severe, soften

Question 18

Epoch

Answer 18

Distinctive age or outstanding period of time

Question 19

Millennium

Answer 19

A thousand years

Question 20

Eon

Answer 20

A very long time, ex: thousands of years

Question 21

Celebrity

Answer 21

A widely known person

Question 22

Obsess

Answer 22

To haunt, beset, harass

Question 23

Chaos

Answer 23

Confusion, disorder

Question 24

Derangement

Answer 24

Mental chaos

Question 25

Dissary

Answer 25

Mild chaos (like a dirty bedroom)

Question 26

Bedlam

Answer 26

A noisy uproar

Question 27

Pandemonium

Answer 27

(Strongest chaos word) screaming disorder

Question 28

Anarchy

Answer 28

Political chaos marked by the absence of government

Question 29

Esteem

Answer 29

To value highly, regard

Question 30

Homage

Answer 30

Active respect or reverence (pay homage)

Question 31

Cherish

Answer 31

To have affection and respect for something

Question 32

Deference

Answer 32

Showing respect to

Question 33

Censure

Answer 33

Strong criticism, condemnation

Question 34

Censor

Answer 34

To remove material that is unsuitable

Question 35

Censorious

Answer 35

To be harshly critical or fault-finding

Question 36

Discern

Answer 36

To see clearly, perceive

Question 37

Brevity

Answer 37

Shortness, conciseness

Question 38

Abbreviate

Answer 38

To shorten

Question 39

Salvage

Answer 39

To save, restore, recover (part of) the value

Question 40

Rehabilitate

Answer 40

Restore injured or handicapped persons physically and spiritually

Question 41

Wrest

Answer 41

To take by force, twist from