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English- Unit 5
English-Unit 5 (Parts of Speech and Definition)
Question | Answer |
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acute | (adj.) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time |
bluster | (v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stromy gusts; (n.) speech that is loud and threatening |
bungle | (v.) to act or work clumsily and awkardly; to ruin something through clumsiness |
commentary | (n.) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion |
duration | (n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts |
eerie | (adj.) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious |
facet | (n.) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem |
fidelity | (n.) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness |
fray | (n.) a brawl, a noisy quarrel; (v.) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain; irritate |
headstrong | (adj.) willful, stubborn |
inhabitant | (n.) one living permanently in a given place |
numb | (adj.) having lost the power of feeling or movement; (v.) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling |
pacify | (v.) to make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
ravenous | (adj.) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
refute | (v.) to prove incorrect |
remorse | (n.) deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience |
setback | (n.) something that interfered with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall |
smug | (adj.) overly self-satisfied, self-fighteous |
synopsis | (n.) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject |
tarry | (v.) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while |