Lessons 5 - 8

Question 1

5: Audacious

Answer 1

1. willing to take risks; daring
2. showing disrespect or a lack of courtesy.

Question 2

5: confiscate

Answer 2

to seize, by force if necessary; to take possession of.

Question 3

5: conscientious

Answer 3

1. thorough; careful.
2. honest; principled.

Question 4

5: depict

Answer 4

to give a picture of; to describe.

Question 5

5: embark

Answer 5

1. to go on board a ship or airplane at the start of a voyage.
2. to start out; to begin.

Question 6

5: inkling

Answer 6

a slight suspicion; a vague idea.

Question 7

5: lackadaisical

Answer 7

showing little spirit or enthusiasm.

Question 8

5: mutiny

Answer 8

1. deliberate refusal to obey orders given by those in command, especially by sailors.
2. to rebel openly against a commander.

Question 9

5: pilfer

Answer 9

to steal repeatedly small amounts or things that are of little value.

Question 10

5: profusion

Answer 10

a plentiful supply; a great or generous amount. given or occurring in generous amounts; abundant.

Question 11

5: prudent

Answer 11

very careful; showing judgment and wisdom.

Question 12

5: rankle

Answer 12

to cause continuing anger or irritation.

Question 13

5: rebuke

Answer 13

1. to criticize strongly; to reprimand.
2. a sharp criticism.

Question 14

5: serene

Answer 14

1. calm and untroubled; peaceful.
2. a calm and untroubled state.

Question 15

5: slovenly

Answer 15

untidy; carelessly done.

Question 16

6: anarchy

Answer 16

1. total absence of government.
2. lack of order; total confusion.

Question 17

6: apprehend

Answer 17

1. to seize; to arrest.
2. to grasp the meaning of; to understand.

Question 18

6: arraign

Answer 18

to bring before a court to face charges.

Question 19

6: assimilate

Answer 19

1. to absorb into a population.
2. to take in a part and absorb into the whole. (learn)

Question 20

6: bizarre

Answer 20

strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar.

Question 21

6: calamity

Answer 21

an event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster.

Question 22

6: conspire

Answer 22

1. to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal.
2. to join or act together.

Question 23

6: dissension

Answer 23

a difference of opinion; -disagreement.

Question 24

6: elapse

Answer 24

to pass or slip by (used with time).

Question 25

6: imminent

Answer 25

about to happen; likely to occur in the very near future.

Question 26

6: interrogate

Answer 26

to ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner.

Question 27

6: lionize

Answer 27

to treat as a celebrity.

Question 28

6: meticulous

Answer 28

extremely careful; attentive to small details.

Question 29

6: shackle

Answer 29

1. a ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement. 2. something that prevents free action.

Question 30

6: swelter

Answer 30

1. to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat. 2. very hot and humid; uncomfortable because of extremely hot weather.

Question 31

7: colleague

Answer 31

an associate or coworker of similar status

Question 31

7: claustrophobia

Answer 31

an abnormal fear of narrow, enclosed spaces.

Question 32

7: condescend

Answer 32

1. to lower oneself to a position one considers inferior. 2. to behave in an offensively superior manner.

Question 33

7: contingent

Answer 33

1. conditional; depending on something else. 2. likely, but not certain to happen; possible.

Question 34

7: daunt

Answer 34

to discourage or intimidate.

Question 35

7: deluge

Answer 35

1. a downpour of rain; a flood. 2. a flood of anything.

Question 36

7: dispel

Answer 36

to clear away; to remove or get rid of, as if by scattering.

Question 37

7: dub

Answer 37

to give a title, nickname, or description to.

Question 38

7: fanfare

Answer 38

1. a sounding of trumpets or other brass instruments.

Question 39

7: fledgling

Answer 39

1. a young bird just learning how to fly. 2. a young and inexperienced perdson.

Question 40

7: inane

Answer 40

empty; shallow or silly.

Question 41

7: mettle

Answer 41

courage to bear up under difficult circumstances; spirit.

Question 42

7: negligible

Answer 42

small and unimportant, not worth noticing.

Question 43

7: protract

Answer 43

to draw out or lengthen (in time).

Question 44

7: replica

Answer 44

a copy or reproduction, especially one on a smaller scale than the original.