WW Unit 5

Question 1

Exuberance

Answer 1

Overflowing sprits, zestfulness

Question 2

Elation

Answer 2

A quieter kind of high sprits over success or good news

Question 3

Assail

Answer 3

To attack (assail my students)

Question 4

Assault

Answer 4

A violent, often bodily, attack

Question 5

Adhere

Answer 5

To stick fast to, cling

Question 6

Discretion

Answer 6

Prudence, wise restraint

Question 7

Dexterity

Answer 7

Skill, adroitness (mental skill)

Question 8

Clarity

Answer 8

Clearness

Question 9

Elucidate

Answer 9

To make clear

Question 10

Defiance

Answer 10

Bold opposition, open challenge

Question 11

Avarice

Answer 11

Greed for money

Question 12

Covetous

Answer 12

To desire something too strongly

Question 13

Conjecture

Answer 13

A guess, inference

Question 14

Hypothesis

Answer 14

A plausible theory or explanation

Question 15

Speculation

Answer 15

Imaginative guess

Question 16

Thesis

Answer 16

Statement you will prove

Question 17

Assumption

Answer 17

An expected guess or belief based on a truth

Question 18

Apathy

Answer 18

Lack of feeling, indifference

Question 19

Lethargy

Answer 19

Drowsiness or sluggishness

Question 20

Stupor

Answer 20

Deadened state of mind from shock or drugs

Question 21

Antagonist

Answer 21

A rival, opponent, adversary

Question 22

Emulate

Answer 22

To strive to equal or excel

Question 23

Vie

Answer 23

Suggests rivalry- potential employees vie with one another for a position

Question 24

Exertion

Answer 24

Vigorous effort

Question 25

Endeavor

Answer 25

Sustained but less vigorous

Question 26

Alter

Answer 26

To change or modify

Question 27

Alter ego

Answer 27

“Other self”

Question 28

Deviate

Answer 28

To turn from an intended plan or course of action

Question 29

Augment

Answer 29

To increase, make, or become larger

Question 30

Enhance

Answer 30

Increase in attractiveness or value

Question 31

Aggravate

Answer 31

Increase in seriousness of a problem or an illness

Question 32

Chastise

Answer 32

To punish

Question 33

Disperse

Answer 33

To scatter or separate

Question 34

Forage

Answer 34

To search for, ravage, plunder

Question 35

Pillage

Answer 35

To take food, money property by force

Question 36

Diverge

Answer 36

To branch off, go in different directions

Question 37

Extricate

Answer 37

To disentangle