Sadlier Vocabulary Unit 4 & 5 Review

(v) to support, give a boost to; (n) a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post

• bolster

• qualm

• residue

• nonentity

(adj.) indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

• solicitous

• blase

• ornate

• frivolous

(n) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone

• addendum

• intrigue

• epitaph

• recourse

(adj.) showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something

• ornate

• solicitous

• prone

• staid

(adj.) of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously

• prone

• porous

• plebeian

• frivolous

Match the following

• proximity

• (adj.) lying facedown; inclined, likely

• peruse

• (n) nearness, closeness

• prone

• (v) to read thoroughly and carefully

• obsess

• (adj.) more than enough, large, spacious

• ample

• (v) to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

(n) a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance

• jurisdiction

• apparition

• qualm

• recourse

(n) a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea

• epitaph

• bolster

• apparition

• qualm

(n) a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed

• promontory

• nonentity

• residue

• addendum

(v) to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void

• peruse

• annul

• sustain

• cower