3.7-3.9

Question 1

Puerile

Answer 1

Childishly silly and trivial

Question 2

Venerable

Answer 2

Accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character

Question 3

Stoic

Answer 3

Not affected by or showing passion or feeling; firmly restraining response to pain or distress; indifference to cold

Question 4

Zeitgeist

Answer 4

The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time

Question 5

Usurp

Answer 5

Take a position of power or importance illegally or by force

Question 6

Trite

Answer 6

Remark, opinion, or idea that is overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness

Question 7

Maven

Answer 7

An expert or connoisser

Question 8

Supplant

Answer 8

To take the place of especially be force or treachery

Question 9

Savoir faire

Answer 9

The ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations

Question 10

Verdant

Answer 10

Green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass

Question 11

Surreptitious

Answer 11

Kept secret especially because it would not be approved of

Question 12

Hoi polloi

Answer 12

The masses; the common people