Lesson 9

Question 1

cautionary

Answer 1

adj. offering or serving as a warning

Question 2

constrain

Answer 2

v. to confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity

Question 3

flotilla

Answer 3

n. a fleet of boats or small ships

Question 4

gossamer

Answer 4

n. thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze
n. a fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb
adj. as light and delicate as a cobweb

Question 5

ignominious

Answer 5

adj. marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace

Question 6

incur

Answer 6

v. to bring upon oneself something undesirable (e.x. debt)

Question 7

liquidate

Answer 7

v. to settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash

v. to get rid of; to kill or destroy

Question 8

magnate

Answer 8

n. an important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business

Question 9

misnomer

Answer 9

n. a name that doesn’t fit

Question 10

onerous

Answer 10

adj. burdensome; oppressive

Question 11

pandemonium

Answer 11

n. a state or place of great confusion or uproar

Question 12

quixotic

Answer 12

adj. romantic and idealistic, but impractical

Question 13

tenacious

Answer 13

adj. holding fast; persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual

Question 14

vestige

Answer 14

n. a trace of something that once was present

Question 15

zephyr

Answer 15

n. a light, gentle breeze