Unit 4

Question 1

To reduce to nothing

Answer 1

Annul

Question 2

Indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures

Answer 2

Blasé

Question 3

To support, give a boost to

Answer 3

Bolster

Question 4

To feel or express regret or disapproval

Answer 4

Deplore

Question 5

Of little importance, not worthy of serious attention

Answer 5

Frivolous

Question 6

To bring together for service or battle

Answer 6

Muster

Question 7

A person or thing of no importance

Answer 7

Nonentity

Question 8

To trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

Answer 8

Obsess

Question 9

Elaborately decorated

Answer 9

Ornate

Question 10

To remove, drive out of a position or place

Answer 10

Oust

Question 11

To read thoroughly and carefully

Answer 11

Peruse

Question 12

Full of tiny holes

Answer 12

Porous

Question 13

A high point of land extending into water

Answer 13

Promontory

Question 14

Lying face down

Answer 14

Prone

Question 15

To gather or summon

Answer 15

Muster

Question 16

A pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt

Answer 16

Qualm

Question 17

A person or thing turned to for help or advice

Answer 17

Recourse

Question 18

A remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed

Answer 18

Residue

Question 19

Showing concern or care

Answer 19

Solicitous

Question 20

Serious and dignified

Answer 20

Staid

Question 21

To support, nourish, keep up

Answer 21

Sustain

Question 22

To amount to, compromise, include

Answer 22

Muster

Question 23

To make ineffective or inoperative

Answer 23

Annul

Question 24

Apathetic

Answer 24

Blasé

Question 25

A long pillow or cushion

Answer 25

Bolster

Question 26

Not meant seriously

Answer 26

Frivolous

Question 27

A list of military personnel

Answer 27

Muster

Question 28

Showily splendid

Answer 28

Ornate

Question 29

Able to be penetrated by air or water

Answer 29

Porous

Question 30

Inclined, likely

Answer 30

Prone

Question 31

A feeling of faintness or nausea

Answer 31

Qualm

Question 32

The act of seeking help or protection

Answer 32

Recourse

Question 33

Fearful of anxious about someone or something

Answer 33

Solicitous

Question 34

Quiet or subdued in character or conduct

Answer 34

Staid

Question 35

To suffer, undergo

Answer 35

Sustain

Question 36

A gathering, accumulation

Answer 36

Muster

Question 37

To declare legally invalid or void

Answer 37

Anull

Question 38

A supporting post

Answer 38

Bolster

Question 39

To bear up under

Answer 39

Sustain

Question 40

A feeling of faintness or nausea

Answer 40

Qualm

Question 41

To affirm the validity of

Answer 41

Sustain