Unit 5 Vocabulary

4 Written Questions

1. 
   (adjective) changeable, unpredictable [SYN: impulsive, flighty, erratic]
2. 
   (noun) difficult or unbeatable opponent [SYN: downfall, destruction, retaliation]
3. 
   (noun) large, strong aggressive woman [SYN: powerful woman, athletic woman, virago (vuh RAY go)]
4. 
   (noun) one whose interests and thoughts are mainly with other people and things outside oneself rather than one's own inner life [SYN: sociable, outgoing, gregarious (gruh GAIR ee us)

3 Multiple Choice Questions

1. 
   (verb) put off until later [SYN: delay, postpone, defer (dih FUR)]
   1. iconoclast (eye KON uh klast)
   2. capricious (kuh PRISH us)
   3. panacea (pan uh SEE uh)
   4. procrastinate (pro KRAS tuh nate)
2. 
   (adverb) mockingly bitter or scornful; sarcastic [SYN: cynical, taunting, caustic]
   1. sardonic (sar DON ik)
   2. panacea (pan uh SEE uh)
   3. nemesis (NEM uh sus)
   4. amazon (AM uh zon)
3. 
   (adverb) scornfully looking down on others; disrespectfully superior [SYN: arrogant, haughty (HAW tee), condescending]
   1. supercilious (soo pur SIL ee us)
   2. panacea (pan uh SEE uh)
   3. capricious (kuh PRISH us)
   4. nemesis (NEM uh sus)

3 True/False Questions

1. introvert (IN truh vert) →
   (noun) one whose interests and thoughts are mainly with other people and things outside oneself rather than one's own inner life [SYN: sociable, outgoing, gregarious (gruh GAIR ee us)

   True        False

2. panacea (pan uh SEE uh) →
   (noun) remedy for all desires, sufferings, troubles [SYN: universal remedy, cure-all, elixir]

   True        False

3. iconoclast (eye KON uh klast) →
   (noun) one who is concerned mainly with self-examination and one's own inner life rather than with others [SYN: shy, self-observer, recluse]

   True        False