Unit 9

Question 1

Apt

Answer 1

Suitable or likely or quick to learn

Question 2

Awry

Answer 2

In a turn or twisted position, wrong, out of the right or hoped for course

Question 3

Bludgeon(n)

Answer 3

A short club used as a weapon

Question 4

Bludgeon(v)

Answer 4

To strike with a heavy club or to use force or strong arguments to gain some point

Question 5

Capitulate

Answer 5

To give up or throw in the towel

Question 6

Chafe(v)

Answer 6

To warm by rubbing or to wear sore by rubbing or to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction

Question 7

Chafe(n)

Answer 7

A sore or injury caused by rubbing

Question 8

Defile(v)

Answer 8

To make unclean or to destroy the purity of or to march in columns

Question 9

Defile(n)

Answer 9

A narrow passage or gorge

Question 10

Dire

Answer 10

Causing fear or suffering or a warning of trouble to come or demanding immediate action to avoid disaster

Question 11

Disarming

Answer 11

Charming or tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion

Question 12

Disgruntled

Answer 12

In bad humor, discontented, annoyed

Question 13

Encroach

Answer 13

To advance beyond the usual or proper limits

Question 14

Fend

Answer 14

To ward off or to manage

Question 15

Impunity

Answer 15

Freedom from punishment

Question 16

Mien

Answer 16

Manner, appearance, or expression

Question 17

Penal

Answer 17

Having to do with punishment

Question 18

Pertinent

Answer 18

Related to the matter at hand

Question 19

Predominant

Answer 19

The greatest and strength or power or most common

Question 20

Prodigy

Answer 20

Something wonderful or a child with extraordinary talent

Question 21

Recluse

Answer 21

A person who leads a life withdrawn from the world

Question 22

Renown

Answer 22

Fame or glory

Question 23

Endow

Answer 23

To furnish, equip, or to provide funds or other desirable things or qualities