You are allowed to create a "cheat sheet" for the quiz: just write the 5 words you are having the most trouble with and their definitions on an index card. You may use that index card on the quiz.
acclimate: adapt or get used to
accountable: held responsible for something, having to explain or justify something
adrift: lacking aim or direction
antidote: a remedy (a cure for a poison, but also metaphorically something that can fix a situation).
buffer: a shield or cushion used as protection
emerge: to come into existence or arise
ill suited: inappropriate, not correct
ingrained: firmly fixed or established
inoculate: to protect someone from a disease by introducing it into his system (metaphorically, to protect someone from harm by getting them used to something little by little)
lackadaisical: without interest, lazy, indolent
manifestation: an outward indication, expression, or symptom of something
optimal: most favorable, BEST
physiological: having to do with the physical body (chemical and biological processes)
predisposed: having a prior inclination or tendency
proliferate: to increase and spread (often excessively)
propensity: an inclination or tendency
recurring: happening over and over again
underwhelming: making no positive impact, disappointing
unflappable: not easily upset or confused; imperturbable; calm in crisis
unnerved: deprived of courage, strength, determination
to endeavor (v.): to attempt to do something
solitary (a.): lacking companionship, alone
brutish (a.): beastly, animalistic
idle (a.): (1) not active (2) pointless
savage (n.): member of an uncivilized people
diffidence (n.): lack of self-confidence
awe (n.): feeling of great respect mixed with fear or wonder
sentiment (n.): feeling or emotion
subsist (v.): to support oneself at a very basic level
affliction (n.): state of great suffering
perpetual (a.): never ending
excess (a.): exceeding the necessary amount of something (too much)
