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Question 1

Prosaic

Answer 1

2 : EVERYDAY, ORDINARY

Ex:heroic characters wasted in prosaic lives

Question 2

Exurb

Answer 2

a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and that often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families

Question 3

Phrenology

Answer 3

the study of the conformation and especially the contours of the skull based on the former belief that they are indicative of mental faculties and character

Question 4

Sensualism

Answer 4

persistent or excessive pursuit of sensual pleasures and interests

Question 5

Brunt

Answer 5

the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)

bear the brunt of the storm
the brunt of the struggle with the German army fell upon the Russians

Question 6

Punctilious

Answer 6

marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions

Question 7

Commisération

Answer 7

Action de prendre en miséricorde.

Ex: Je ne puis me défendre d’une espèce de commisération pour vos associés — DIDER. Lettre à M. Le Breton.

Question 8

Prolégomène

Answer 8

Longue et ample préface, avant-propos.

Ex: Elle [la logique] entra dans sa tête [d’un docteur] par la brèche, et la renversa du premier effort et de ses simples prolégomènes

Question 9

Exégèse

Answer 9

Explication grammaticale et mot par mot.

Question 10

Antédiluvien

Answer 10

Qui a existé avant le déluge.

Ex: Pour une imagination vigoureuse, c’était pourtant une belle carrière à parcourir qu’un monde antédiluvien