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Question 1

fulgent

Answer 1

: dazzlingly bright : radiant

Question 2

haggard

Answer 2

1 of a hawk : not tamed

2 a : wild in appearance

b : having a worn or emaciated appearance : gaunt

Question 3

delectation

Answer 3

: delight, enjoyment

Delectation (which is from the Latin word for “delight”) suggests a reaction to pleasurable experience consciously sought or provided.

Question 4

fatalism

Answer 4

: a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
also : a belief in or attitude determined by this doctrine

Question 5

punctilio (noun)

Answer 5

1 : a minute detail of conduct in a ceremony or in observance of a code

2 : careful observance of forms (as in social conduct)

Question 6

meritocracy (noun)

Answer 6

1: a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement
only the elite, in that new meritocracy, would enjoy the opportunity for self-fulfillment
— R. P. Warren
2: leadership selected on the basis of intellectual criteria
many private schools have sold their birthright by choosing … “diversity” over scholarly meritocracy
— L. G. Crovitz