Unit 9

Question 1

Auxiliary

Answer 1

(adj) giving assistance or support; (n) a helper, aid

Question 2

Candid

Answer 2

(adj) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed

Question 3

Cubicle

Answer 3

(n) a small room or compartment

Question 4

Drudgery

Answer 4

(n) work that is hard and tiresome

Question 5

Envoy

Answer 5

(n) a representative or messenger (as of a government)

Question 6

Escalate

Answer 6

(v) to elevate; to increase in intensity

Question 7

Expedient

Answer 7

(n) a means to an end; (adj) advantageous, useful

Question 8

Feign

Answer 8

(v) to pretend

Question 9

Flair

Answer 9

(n) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style

Question 10

Grievous

Answer 10

(adj) causing sorrow or pain; serious

Question 11

Heterogeneous

Answer 11

(adj) composed of different kinds, diverse

Question 12

Horde

Answer 12

(n) a vast number (as of people); a throng

Question 13

Impel

Answer 13

(v) to force, drive forward

Question 14

Incredulous

Answer 14

(adj) disbelieving, skeptical

Question 15

Inscribe

Answer 15

(v) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list

Question 16

Monologue

Answer 16

(n) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

Question 17

Prognosis

Answer 17

(n) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation

Question 18

Rasping

Answer 18

(adj) with a harsh, grating sound; (n) a harsh sound

Question 19

Repugnant

Answer 19

(adj) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

Question 20

Scuttle

Answer 20

(v) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it, to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n) a pail