Unit 4 vocab test

Question 1

To damage the good nam or reputation of, to slander

Answer 1

Defame

Question 2

Physically or mentally exhausting, stressful

Answer 2

Grueling

Question 3

To teach a specific body or point of view, excluding other opinions, to impose a partisan or one-sided way of thinking

Answer 3

Indoctrinate

Question 4

Giving in to the authority of others, obedient, unresisting

Answer 4

Submissive

Question 5

Quietly resentful, bitter, irritable, disagreeable

Answer 5

Sullen

Question 6

To oppose and defeat, obstruct, frustrate, to block

Answer 6

Thwart

Question 7

Lacking agreement, lacking harmony

Answer 7

Discordant

Question 8

To charge with an offense, blame, to accuse

Answer 8

Indict

Question 9

Warm and friendly

Answer 9

Cordial

Question 10

Senseless, mindless

Answer 10

Wanton

Question 11

Not capable of being influenced or prevented, relentless, unstoppable, unyielding

Answer 11

Inexorable

Question 12

Restricted to a narrow scope or outlook, narrow minded, limited

Answer 12

Parochial

Question 13

Attacking human vice or foolishness through irony or wit

Answer 13

Satirical

Question 14

To weaken, rob of strength or energy, to exhaust

Answer 14

Enervate

Question 15

Impossible to disprove, indisputable

Answer 15

Irrefutable

Question 16

A feeling of resentment or anger because of wounded pride, a sense of injury

Answer 16

Pique

Question 17

Able to float or rise, capable of floating

Answer 17

Buoyant

Question 18

Strongly supporting a specific party, cause or person, one-sided

Answer 18

Partisan

Question 19

Made less perfect through injury or damage

Answer 19

Marred

Question 20

Uncontrollable, unmanageable, not capable of being corrected or reformed, incurable

Answer 20

Incorrigible

Question 21

To give in, to yield

Answer 21

Capitulate

Question 22

Feeling or expressing respect or awe, worship

Answer 22

Referent

Question 23

Having an honored name or reputation, having prestige, highly valued

Answer 23

Prestigious

Question 24

A state of mental numbness, a daze, a drowsy state

Answer 24

Stupor

Question 25

A person who tries to win favor through flattery

Answer 25

Sycophant

Question 26

Wildly silly or comical, absurdly funny

Answer 26

Zany

Question 27

Smooth in manner, elegant, polished, suave

Answer 27

Urbane

Question 28

A feeling that something bad is going to happen, refined, a warning in advance

Answer 28

Premonition

Question 29

Highly noticeable in a negative way, conspicuously bad

Answer 29

Egregious

Question 30

To persuade with flattery, to sweet-talk, to plead with

Answer 30

Cajole

Question 31

Calmness of mind or manner, self-possession, cool-headedness

Answer 31

Composure

Question 32

Very challenging, demanding, difficult

Answer 32

Formidable

Question 33

An oddity , something different from what is normal or expected

Answer 33

Aberration

Question 34

To praise highly, exalt, to glorify

Answer 34

Extol

Question 35

Tending to escape, hard to catch hold of or identify

Answer 35

Elusive

Question 36

Alarm or dead, anxiety

Answer 36

Trepidation

Question 37

Very injurious, lethal, deadly, destructive

Answer 37

Virulent

Question 38

Showing unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental ability

Answer 38

Precocious

Question 39

Difficult to interpret or understand, puzzling, mysterious

Answer 39

Inscrutable

Question 40

Referring to a condition present at birth, in born

Answer 40

Congenital

Question 41

To deprive of strength or energy, to weaken

Answer 41

Debilitate

Question 42

Having the supposed power to see things not perceived by the normal senses, seeing beyond the sense

Answer 42

Clairvoyant

Question 43

Offering unwanted advice or services, meddlesome, interfering

Answer 43

Officious

Question 44

To make impossible in advance, prevent, to rule out

Answer 44

Preclude

Question 45

Sharing an edge or a boundary, adjoining

Answer 45

Contiguous

Question 46

To destroy or erase completely, to wipe out

Answer 46

Obliterate

Question 47

To reject or refuse with scorn

Answer 47

Spurn

Question 48

Habitually non talkativ, uncommunicative, reluctant to talk

Answer 48

Taciturn

Question 49

Moving or acting in a cautious, deceptive way, sneaky, secretive

Answer 49

Stealthy

Question 50

To provide with something needed, make or have room for, to hold

Answer 50

Accommodate