Unit 5

Question 1

Bluster

Answer 1

To talk or act in a noisy or threatening way;to blow in stormy gusts; speech that’s loud and threatening

Question 2

Commentary

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Eerie

Answer 3

causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious

Question 4

Fidelity

Answer 4

the state of being faithful;accuracy in details, exactness

Question 5

Headstrong

Answer 5

Willful, stubborn

Question 6

Pacify

Answer 6

make peaceful of calm, to soothe

Question 7

Ravenous

Answer 7

greedy, very hungry, eager for satisfaction

Question 8

Refute

Answer 8

to prove incorrect

Question 9

Remorse

Answer 9

deep and painful regret for ones past misdeeds;pangs of conscience

Question 10

Synopsis

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Acute

Answer 11

with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time

Question 12

Bungle

Answer 12

to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness

Question 13

Duration

Answer 13

the length of time that something continues or lasts

Question 14

Facet

Answer 14

one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem

Question 15

Fray

Answer 15

a brawl, a noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate

Question 16

Inhabitant

Answer 16

one living permanently in a given place

Question 17

Numb

Answer 17

having lost the power of feeling or movement; to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling

Question 18

Setback

Answer 18

something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a step-like recession in a wall

Question 19

Smug

Answer 19

overly self-satisfied, self-righteous

Question 20

Tarry

Answer 20

to delay leaving; to linger wait; to remain or stay for a while