Unit 5

Question 1

bluster

Answer 1

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

to make peaceful or 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 painful regret for one’s 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 alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time

Question 12

bungle

Answer 12

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

Question 13

duration

Answer 13

a 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 repression in a wall

Question 19

smug

Answer 19

overly satisfied or self righteous

Question 20

tarry

Answer 20

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