Unit 14

Question 1

to make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like

Answer 1

amplify

Question 2

a temporary peace, halt in fighting

Answer 2

armistice

Question 3

haughty, too convinced of one’s own importance

Answer 3

arrogant

Question 4

gentle, soothing, mild

Answer 4

bland

Question 5

lacking interest or taste

Answer 5

bland

Question 6

to deny interest in or connection with

Answer 6

disclaim

Question 7

to give up all claim to

Answer 7

disclaim

Question 8

a distinct period of time, age

Answer 8

epoch

Question 9

to drift apart or become unfriendly

Answer 9

estrange

Question 10

to cause such a separation

Answer 10

estrange

Question 11

to remove or keep at a distance

Answer 11

estrange

Question 12

to please, satisfy

Answer 12

gratify

Question 13

to indulge or humor

Answer 13

gratify

Question 14

exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless

Answer 14

infinite

Question 15

an incalculable number, the concept of infinity

Answer 15

infinite

Question 16

a name for God

Answer 16

infinite

Question 17

easily made angry, hot tempered

Answer 17

irascible

Question 18

a person’s relatives

Answer 18

kindred

Question 19

a family relationship

Answer 19

kindred

Question 20

related by blood

Answer 20

kindred

Question 21

like, similar

Answer 21

kindred

Question 22

innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience

Answer 22

naive

Question 23

a decorative recess in a wall

Answer 23

niche

Question 24

a suitable place or position for a person or thing

Answer 24

niche

Question 25

to blot our completely, destroy utterly

Answer 25

obliterate

Question 26

appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky

Answer 26

ramshackle

Question 27

to search or examine thoroughly

Answer 27

ransack

Question 28

to rob, plunder

Answer 28

ransack

Question 29

unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something

Answer 29

rote

Question 30

based on a mechanical routine

Answer 30

rote

Question 31

able to meet one's financial obligations

Answer 31

solvent

Question 32

having the power to dissolve other solutions

Answer 32

solvent

Question 33

a liquid used to dissolve other substances

Answer 33

solvent

Question 34

something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens

Answer 34

solvent

Question 35

long and tiresome

Answer 35

tedious

Question 36

a person who sells something

Answer 36

vendor

Question 37

s for amplify

Answer 37

increase, augment, fill out, supplement

Question 38

s for armistice

Answer 38

cease fire

Question 39

s for arrogant

Answer 39

high handed, overbearing, presumptuous

Question 40

s for bland

Answer 40

dull, insipid

Question 41

s for disclaim

Answer 41

disavow, repudiate

Question 42

s for estrange

Answer 42

part company, alienate

Question 43

s for gratify

Answer 43

delight

Question 44

s for infinite

Answer 44

unlimited, boundless

Question 45

s for irascible

Answer 45

irritable, quarrelsome, cantankerous

Question 46

s for kindred

Answer 46

kin, relations

Question 47

s for naive

Answer 47

green, wet behind the ears

Question 48

s for niche

Answer 48

nook, alcove

Question 49

s for obliterate

Answer 49

wipe out, erase, efface

Question 50

s for ramshackle

Answer 50

rickety, unsteady, run down, dilapidated

Question 51

s for ransack

Answer 51

rummage, scour

Question 52

s for solvent

Answer 52

financially sound, in the black

Question 53

s for tedious

Answer 53

boring, monotonous

Question 54

s for vendor

Answer 54

peddler, hawker, dealer

Question 55

a for amplify

Answer 55

lessen, diminish, abbreviate, shorten

Question 56

a for arrogant

Answer 56

meek, humble, modest, unassuming

Question 57

a for bland

Answer 57

harsh, irritating, pungent, spicy, piquant

Question 58

a for disclaim

Answer 58

admit, avow, confess

Question 59

a for estrange

Answer 59

bring together, reunite, reconcile

Question 60

a for gratify

Answer 60

disappoint, dissatisfy, frustrate, thwart

Question 61

a for infinite

Answer 61

limited, restricted, measurable

Question 62

a for irascible

Answer 62

even tempered

Question 63

a for kindred

Answer 63

unlike, dissimilar, contrasting

Question 64

a for naive

Answer 64

sophisticated, knowing, urbane, suave, blase

Question 65

a for obliterate

Answer 65

foster, promote, create

Question 66

a for ramshackle

Answer 66

well built, well maintained, shipshape, trim

Question 67

a for ransack

Answer 67

spot check

Question 68

a for solvent

Answer 68

bankrupt, in the red

Question 69

a for tedious

Answer 69

stimulating, interesting, short and sweet

Question 70

a for vendor

Answer 70

buyer, purchaser, customer