Unit 2 Vocab.

Question 1

(v.) shorten; reduce

Answer 1

curtail

Question 2

(n.) one who is skeptical or distrustful of human motives

Answer 2

cynic

Question 3

(v.) intimidate; frighten

Answer 3

daunt

Question 4

(v.) loiter; waste time

Answer 4

dawdle

Question 5

(v.) weaken; enfeeble

Answer 5

debilitate

Question 6

(v.) expose something as nonsensical or false

Answer 6

debunk

Question 7

(n.) propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners

Answer 7

decorum

Question 8

(v.) harm someone’s reputation; malign

Answer 8

defame

Question 9

(n.) courteous regard for another’s wish

Answer 9

deference

Question 10

(n.) difference; condition of inequality

Answer 10

disparity

Question 11

(adj.) calm; impartial

Answer 11

dispassionate

Question 12

(v.) drive away; scatter; cause to vanish

Answer 12

dispel

Question 13

(v.) cause to break up; scatter

Answer 13

disperse

Question 14

(adj.) argumentative; fond of arguing

Answer 14

disputatious

Question 15

(v.) distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)

Answer 15

disseminate

Question 16

(v.) disagree

Answer 16

dissent

Question 17

(v.) squander; waste; scatter

Answer 17

dissipate

Question 18

(n.) unpleasant noise; inconsistency

Answer 18

dissonance

Question 19

(v.) advice against

Answer 19

dissuade

Question 20

(adj.) casual; hastily done

Answer 20

cursory