Vocabulary unit 4

Question 1

alliance

Answer 1

joining together for some common purpose

syn: pact, league, coalition

Question 2

Bewilder

Answer 2

to puzzle, confuse

syn: confound
Ant:enlighten

Question 2

buffon

Answer 2

A clown; someone stupid

Syn: juster, dunce

Question 3

conteroversial

Answer 3

arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement

Syn: arguable, at issue

Question 4

dishearten

Answer 4

to discourage

Syn:dispirit
ANT: encourage

Question 5

fruitless

Answer 5

not producing the desired results, unsuccessful

Syn: unlessless, vain, unproductive
ANT: Productive, effective

Question 6

inflammable

Answer 6

easily set on fire; easily angered

SYN: flammable, excitable
Ant: fire-resistant, calm

Question 7

hostile

Answer 7

unfriendly; unfavorable,warlike, aggressive

Question 8

inflict

Answer 8

To give or cause something unpleasant, impose

Syn: deal out, visit upon
ANT: Suffered, undergo, sustain

Question 9

Malignant

Answer 9

deadly, extremely harmful, evil, spiteful, malicious

SYN: Wicked, malevolent
ANT: Wholesome, beneficial

Question 10

mortfiy

Answer 10

to hurt someone’s feelings; to cause embarrassment or humiliation to subdue or self-discipline by self-denial or suffering

SYN: embarrass, abash

Question 11

orthodox

Answer 11

in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things

SYN: traditional, standard, customary
Ant: unusual, conventional, heretical

Question 12

procure

Answer 12

To obtain through special effort

SYN: Gain. achieve

Question 13

scurry

Answer 13

to run quickly, scamper, hurry

SYM:rush, dash, scramble
ANT: trudge, plod. creep crawl

Question 14

Sodden

Answer 14

spiritless, listless

syn: waterlogged, saturated
Ant: Patched, arid

Question 15

Spirited

Answer 15

full of life and vigor courageous

SYN: Lively, animated, gallant
ANT: dull, lifeless

Question 16

virtual

Answer 16

Having a certain force or effect in face but not in namel so close as to be equivalent to the real thing

Syn: Functioning as

Question 17

Void

Answer 17

completely empty, having no legal force or effect/ Empty or unfilled space. To cancel or nullify

SYN: Invalid, vacant bare
ANT: in effect, lemming with, confirm

Question 18

Wayward

Answer 18

disobedient, willful, unpredictable, capricious

SNY: rebellious, insubordinate, perverse
ANT: well-behaved. predictable, docile

Question 19

Wince

Answer 19

to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear/ In the act of drawing back in this way

SYN: Flinch, shudder