9A Flashcards
1
Q
Any opening in a solid surface
A
Aperture
2
Q
Great warmth of emotion or desire
A
Ardor
3
Q
Skilled trickery or cleverness
A
Artifice
4
Q
Openness of mind
Impartiality
A
Candor
5
Q
The end result of something
A
Culmination
6
Q
Courtesy
Respect
A
Deference
7
Q
Presumptuous, brash behavior
Often insulting
A
Effrontery
8
Q
The face or front of anything
Especially a deceptive false front
A
Facade
9
Q
The holding of an office and the administering of its duties
Also the term of an office
A
Incumbency
10
Q
An assumption from which a conclusion is gathered
A
Premise
11
Q
Government funds given to support a business thought to be in the public interest
A
Subsidy
12
Q
Decision
An act of conscious choice
A
Volition
13
Q
Frankness of expression
Straightforwardness
A
Candor
14
Q
The climax
A
Culmination
15
Q
Complying to the opinions or desires of others
A
Deference
