Age Of Innocence

Question 0

Remonstrances

Answer 0

to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.

Obsolete. to show.

Question 1

Vicegerent

Answer 1

an officer appointed as deputy by and to a sovereign or supreme chief.
a deputy in general.

Question 2

Inculcated

Answer 2

to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in ): to inculcate virtue in the young.

to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually followed by with ): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.

Question 3

Propiniquities

Answer 3

nearness in place; proximity.

nearness of relation; kinship.
affinity of nature; similarity.
nearness in time.

Question 4

Aberration

Answer 4

the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type.

Question 5

Compunctious

Answer 5

a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.

Question 6

Patronymic

Answer 6

of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.

Question 7

Apotheosis

Answer 7

the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god.
the ideal example; epitome; quintessence: This poem is the apotheosis of lyric expression.

Question 8

Recalcitrant

Answer 8

resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
hard to deal with, manage, or operate.

Question 9

Sedulously

Answer 9

Persistent, persevering

Question 10

Parvenu

Answer 10

a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.

Question 11

Milieu

Answer 11

Social surroundings

Question 12

Acquiesced

Answer 12

to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.

Question 13

Dilettantism

Answer 13

a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.

Question 14

Epistolary

Answer 14

contained in or carried on by letters: an epistolary friendship.
of, relating to, or consisting of letters.

Question 15

Capricious

Answer 15

Erratic

Question 16

Disquisitions

Answer 16

a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation.

Question 17

Improvident

Answer 17

not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.

neglecting to provide for future needs.

Question 18

Stentorian

Answer 18

Very loud (voice)

Question 19

adipose

Answer 19

Fat on tissue

Question 20

Vicissitude

Answer 20

a change or variation occurring in the course of something.

interchange or alternation, as of states or things.

Question 21

Fulminate

Answer 21

Exploded with loud noise

Question 22

Vaticinations

Answer 22

Prophesy

The act of prophesying

Question 23

Epigram

Answer 23

any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.

Witty or ingenious turn of thought

Question 24

Limpid

Answer 24

clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
free from obscurity; lucid; clear: a limpid style; limpid prose.
completely calm; without distress or worry: a limpid, emotionless existence.

Question 25

Obdurate

Answer 25

unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.

Question 26

Galvanize

Answer 26

to startle into sudden activity; stimulate.

Question 27

Inchoate

Answer 27

to startle into sudden activity; stimulate.

Question 28

Fervid

Answer 28

heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
burning; glowing; intensely hot.