unit 7 vocabulary

Question 1

(v) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

Answer 1

abhor

Question 2

(v) to change in a formal way; to change for the better

Answer 2

amend

Question 3

(v) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one’s way with difficulty (n) a slap, blow

Answer 3

buffet

Question 4

(n) a great confusion, disorder

Answer 4

chaos

Question 5

(adj) roomy, spacious

Answer 5

commodious

Question 6

(adj) eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic

Answer 6

corrosive

Question 7

(v) to see clearly, recognize

Answer 7

discern

Question 8

(adj) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost

Answer 8

extant

Question 9

(v) to involve in; to connect with or be related to

Answer 9

implicate

Question 10

(v) to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion

Answer 10

inter

Question 11

(n) a strict diciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

Answer 11

martinet

Question 12

(v) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

Answer 12

obviate

Question 13

(n) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw (adj) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox

Answer 13

renegade

Question 14

(adj) deserving blame or punishment

Answer 14

reprehensible

Question 15

(adj) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

Answer 15

somber

Question 16

(adj) filthy, wretched, debased

Answer 16

squalid

Question 17

(adj) disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy

Answer 17

turbulent

Question 18

(adj) loud and noisy; compelling attention

Answer 18

vociferous

Question 19

(adj) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

Answer 19

voluminous

Question 20

(v) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer

Answer 20

waive