unit 14

Question 1

amenable

Answer 1

willing to follow advice or authority; agreeable, natural open-mindedness

Question 2

berate

Answer 2

to scold sharply

Question 3

carnage

Answer 3

large-scale slaughter or loss of life

Question 4

credulous

Answer 4

too ready to believe, easily influenced

Question 5

criterion

Answer 5

a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation

Question 6

deplete

Answer 6

to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

Question 7

expatiate

Answer 7

to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail

Question 8

extraneous

Answer 8

coming from outside, foreign; irrelevant

Question 9

inception

Answer 9

the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process

Question 10

infirmity

Answer 10

a weakness or illness

Question 11

jejune

Answer 11

lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest; immature, juvenile

Question 12

obdurate

Answer 12

stubborn, refusing to change one’s opinion

Question 13

potpourri

Answer 13

a collection of diverse items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

Question 14

precocious

Answer 14

showing unusually early development

Question 15

sadistic

Answer 15

excessively cruel

Question 16

sententious

Answer 16

self-righteous, one is totally right or wrong; saying much in a few words

Question 17

supplicate

Answer 17

to beg earnestly and humbly

Question 18

surfeit

Answer 18

an excess as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; to feed or supply with anything to excess

Question 19

tortuous

Answer 19

twisted, winding, complex

Question 20

turgid

Answer 20

swollen, bloated, filled to excess