Senior Vocabulary Unit 4

adj. effective, producing the desired outcome

• internecine

• risible

• efficacious

• sybaritic

The shot of adrenaline was _____ in restarting the victim's heart

• putrid

• servile

• apocryphal

• efficacious

Catharsis

• Mutually destructive

• A release of emotional tension

• marked by luxury or pleasure

• pertaining to twilight

The movie lacked a _____ because the villain received no punishment. So the tension that built over the course of the film was never released.

• inundate

• maxim

• kudos

• catharsis

v. to overwhelm; to fill beyond capacity

• inundate

• revere

• maxim

• estrange

Callers _____ the radio station with requests for the popular new song.

• revered

• putrefied

• estranged

• inundated

v. to regard with respect, awe, or adoration

• internecine

• revere

• crepuscularize

• estrange

Alexander the Great's soldiers _____ their leader because he led the troops into every battle.

• estranged

• inundated

• revered

• catharsised

Internecine

• mutually destructive

• relating to laughter

• rotten and foul smelling

• of or relating to a thing's basic nature

The _____battle resulted in thousands of casualties, but neither side gained new land.

• efficacious

• crepuscular

• internecine

• servile