Chapter 1 Unit 5

Question 1

1. acute

(e hyüt’)

Answer 1

Smart/Aware
(adj.) with a sharp point: keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a point and lasting to a high point and lasting for a short time
Synonym: clever, penetrating
Antonyms: dull, blunted, mild, stupid, obtuse

Question 2

2.bluster

(Bles’ ter)

Answer 2

Annoying/Crazy

(v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; (n.) speech that is loud and threatening

Question 3

3. bungle

(beη’ ter)

Answer 3

Clumsy

(v.) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness

Question 4

4. commentary

(käm’ en ter ē)

Answer 4

Spectator

(n.) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something continues or lasts

Question 5

5.duration

(du rā’ shen)

Answer 5

Time

(n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts