Flash Card 5

Question 1

ignited

Answer 1

arouse or inflame

Question 2

repair

Answer 2

restore

Question 3

storm

Answer 3

move angrily or forcefully

Question 4

sheathing

Answer 4

protective covering

Question 5

adverse

Answer 5

unfavourable; preventing success

Question 6

opt

Answer 6

make a choice

Question 7

disorienting

Answer 7

cause to lose sense of direction

Question 8

tenuous

Answer 8

very weak or slight

Question 9

spate

Answer 9

a fast flow; rush

Question 10

encapsulate

Answer 10

summarize

Question 11

devotion

Answer 11

love; loyalty

Question 12

alloy

Answer 12

a substance formed from the combination of two or more metals

Question 13

corrugate

Answer 13

contract into wrinkles or folds

Question 14

percolates

Answer 14

filter; drain

Question 15

curtail

Answer 15

reduce or limit

Question 16

anon

Answer 16

soon, presently

Question 17

attribute

Answer 17

to regard as resulting from a specified cause

Question 18

bombard

Answer 18

to attack a place continuously

Question 19

bouts

Answer 19

a short period of intense activit

Question 20

infirmity

Answer 20

physical or mental weakness.

Question 21

meddle

Answer 21

interfere in something that is not one’s concern

Question 22

ameliorate

Answer 22

improve

Question 23

instantaneous

Answer 23

occurring or done instantly

Question 24

annihilate

Answer 24

destroy utterly; obliterate

Question 25

oscillate

Answer 25

swing back and forth

Question 26

condescension

Answer 26

patronizing superiority

Question 27

patronizing

Answer 27

apparently kind but betraying a feeling of superiority

Question 28

esteemed

Answer 28

admired

Question 29

ascertained

Answer 29

find something out for certain