Bi-Week 7: June 26 - July 9

Question 1

Arbitrage (n)

Answer 1

the simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset

Question 2

Exodus (n)

Answer 2

a mass departure of people, especially emigrants

Question 3

Quiescent (adj)

Answer 3

in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy

Question 4

Apparat (n)

Answer 4

the administrative system of a communist party, typically in a communist country

Question 5

Bellwether (n)

Answer 5

an indicator or predictor of something

Question 6

Vanguard (n)

Answer 6

a group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas

Question 7

Perfidy (n)

Answer 7

deliberate breach of faith or trust; deceitfulness

Question 8

Anodyne (adj)

Answer 8

not likely to provoke dissent or offense

Question 9

Abbatoir (n)

Answer 9

a slaughterhouse

Question 10

Avarice (n)

Answer 10

(noun) extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Question 11

Iniquity (n)

Answer 11

gross injustice or wickedness

Question 12

Usury (n)

Answer 12

the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest rate

Question 13

Palliate (v)

Answer 13

to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate

Question 14

Cull (v)

Answer 14

to choose; select

Question 15

Unconscionable (adj)

Answer 15

not right or reasonable

Question 16

Profusion (n)

Answer 16

abundance or large quantity of something

Question 17

Sobriquet (n)

Answer 17

a nickname

Question 18

Instantiate (v)

Answer 18

represent as or by an instance

Question 19

Abjure (v)

Answer 19

to reject or renounce

Question 20

Abscond (v)

Answer 20

to leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft