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VocabularyUnit13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antipathy | a strong dislike, hostile feeling |
| Applicable | capable of being applied, relevant, suitable |
| Asset | something of value, a resource, an advantage |
| Beset | to attack from all sides, to surround |
| Compassion | sympathy for another's suffering, pity |
| Decorum | proper behavior |
| Duress | compulsion by threat, forcible confinement |
| Exuberant | high spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained, excessive |
| Facsimile | an exact copy |
| Imbibe | to drink, to take in, absorb |
| Implacable | not to be satisfied or pacifed, unyielding |
| Infinitesimal | so small as to be almost immeasurable, minute |
| Innocuous | harmless, inoffensive, insignificant |
| Militate | to have effect or force on or against someone or something, fight against |
| Patent | exclusive rights over an invention, copyright |
| Prowess | distinguished bravery, superior skill or ability |
| Sedate | quiet, settled, sober, to administer a tranquilizer |
| Stentorian | extremely loud |
| Stipulate | to arrange specifically to require as a condition of agreement |
| Ultimatum | a final proposal or statement of condisitons |