Unit 4 and 5 Vocabulary

Question 1

discredit (v.)

Answer 1

To throw doubt upon, cause to be distrusted; to damage in reputation

Question 2

discredit (n.)

Answer 2

A loss or lack of belief confidence and reputation

Question 3

strife (n.)

Answer 3

bitter disagreement; fighting, struggle

Question 4

scan (n.)

Answer 4

to examine closely; to look over quickly but throughly; to analyze the rhythm of a poem

Question 5

scan (v.)

Answer 5

An examination

Question 6

plight (n.)

Answer 6

A sorry condition or state

Question 7

ingratitude (n.)

Answer 7

A lack of thankfulness

Question 8

topple (v.)

Answer 8

To fall forward; to overturn, to bring about the downfall of

Question 9

generate (v.)

Answer 9

to bring into existence; to be the cause of

Question 10

acquit (v.)

Answer 10

to declare not guilty, free from blame, discharge completely; to conduct or behave oneself

Question 11

plight (v.)

Answer 11

to pledge, promise solemnly

Question 12

reverie (n.)

Answer 12

a daydream; the condition of being lost in thought

Question 13

ovation (n.)

Answer 13

an enthusiastic public welcome, an outburst of applause

Question 14

commentary (n.)

Answer 14

a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion

Question 15

fidelity (n.)

Answer 15

the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness

Question 16

pacify (v.)

Answer 16

to make peaceful or calm; to soothe

Question 17

bluster (v.)

Answer 17

to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts

Question 18

bluster (n.)

Answer 18

speech that is loud and threatening

Question 19

headstrong (adj.)

Answer 19

willful, stubborn

Question 20

eerie (adj.)

Answer 20

causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious

Question 21

synopsis (n.)

Answer 21

a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary

Question 22

ravenous (adj.)

Answer 22

greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction

Question 23

refute (v.)

Answer 23

to prove incorrect

Question 24

remorse (n.)

Answer 24

deep and painful regret for one’s past misdeeds; pangs of conscience