2306 B

Question 1

Currently holding a specified office.

Answer 1

incumbent

Question 2

To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.

Answer 2

regulate

Question 3

Firm belief in the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing; confidence or reliance.

Answer 3

trust

Question 4

Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service

Answer 4

monopoly

Question 5

To check, restrain, or control (an impulse or activity, for example)

Answer 5

curb

Question 6

Readily distinguishable from all others

Answer 6

distinct

Question 7

to attempt to influence the decisions of government, including legislative bodies and regulatory agencies

Answer 7

lobby

Question 8

a group that controls the activities of a political party

Answer 8

political machine

Question 9

a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act

Answer 9

conspiracy

Question 10

rich and superior in quality -or- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

Answer 10

gilded