Lesson 5

Question 1

Acrimonious

Answer 1

Angry or bitter

Question 2

Ameliorate

Answer 2

To make better, relieve, or improve

Question 3

Amenable

Answer 3

Willing to follow advice/suggestion, malleable

Question 4

Amorphous

Answer 4

Shapeless, having no definite form

Question 5

Buoyant

Answer 5

Capable of floating; cheerful

Question 6

Cajole

Answer 6

To persuade with flattery; to coax; to wheedle

Question 7

Calamity

Answer 7

A serious event causing distress or misfortune

Question 8

Debase

Answer 8

To reduce in dignity or quality

Question 9

Efface

Answer 9

To erase or wear away

Question 10

Elucidate

Answer 10

To make clear or explain

Question 11

Ephemeral

Answer 11

Lasting a short period of time; fleeting

Question 12

Ferocity

Answer 12

Savagery

Question 13

Flourish

Answer 13

To thrive or grow well

Question 14

Haughty

Answer 14

Arrogant; excessively proud and vain

Question 15

Impervious

Answer 15

Incapable of being entered; incapable of damage

Question 16

Inane

Answer 16

Lacking significance, meaning, or point

Question 17

Indolence

Answer 17

Laziness

Question 18

Infallible

Answer 18

Incapable of error

Question 19

Inscrutable

Answer 19

Difficult to understand; mysterious

Question 20

Languid

Answer 20

Slow; sluggish, weak

Question 21

Malice

Answer 21

Desire to harm others

Question 22

Oblique

Answer 22

Slanting; indirect; evasive

Question 23

Penitent

Answer 23

Showing or feeling regret; repentant

Question 24

Perfunctory

Answer 24

Acting routinely with little interest or care

Question 25

Opulence

Answer 25

Wealth; abundance