Brit Lit semester One

Question 1

sustenance

Answer 1

something especially food that sustains life or health

Question 2

prodigious

Answer 2

enormous

Question 3

rudiments

Answer 3

fundamental element principle or skill

Question 4

collateral

Answer 4

coinciding or accompanying

Question 5

scrupulous

Answer 5

conscientious and exact having scruples

Question 6

encumbrance

Answer 6

a burden or impediment

Question 7

inducement

Answer 7

an incentive

Question 8

algorithm

Answer 8

a finite set of unambiguous instructions that given some set of initial conditions can be performed in a prescribed sequence to achieve a certain goal and that has a recognizable set of end conditions

Question 9

curate

Answer 9

to gather and present to the public

Question 10

monetize

Answer 10

to convert into a source of income

Question 11

finite

Answer 11

having bounds; limited

Question 12

malady

Answer 12

a disease disorder or ailment

Question 13

undaunted

Answer 13

not discouraged of disheartened resolutely courageous

Question 14

salutation

Answer 14

a polite expression of greeting or goodwill

Question 15

expound

Answer 15

to explain in detail elucidate

Question 16

assent

Answer 16

to express agreement or acceptance as of a proposal

Question 17

anecdote

Answer 17

a short account of an interesting or humorous incident

Question 18

vindictation

Answer 18

justification

Question 19

abrogate

Answer 19

to revoke or nullify

Question 20

prerogative

Answer 20

an exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group especially a hereditary or official right

Question 21

inculcate

Answer 21

to impress upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill

Question 22

evanescent

Answer 22

vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor

Question 23

congenial

Answer 23

agreeable sympathetic

Question 24

dissimulation

Answer 24

deceit or pretense

Question 25

Utopian

Answer 25

excellent or ideal but impractical; visionary

Question 26

extremist

Answer 26

advocating or resorting to measures beyond the norm, especially in politics

Question 27

mire

Answer 27

to hinder entrap or entangle

Question 28

condone

Answer 28

to overlook forgive or disregard without protest or censure

Question 29

autonomy

Answer 29

the condition or quality of being autonomous

Question 30

inoculate

Answer 30

to safeguard as if by inoculation; to protect

Question 31

misogyny

Answer 31

hatred or mistrust of women

Question 32

abyss

Answer 32

an immeasurably deep chasm depth or void

Question 33

veracity

Answer 33

conformity to fact or truth accuracy

Question 34

phrric victory

Answer 34

a victory that is offset by staggering losses

Question 35

vigilance

Answer 35

alert watchfulness

Question 36

plateau

Answer 36

to reach a stable level; level off

Question 37

prognosis

Answer 37

a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease

Question 38

visitation

Answer 38

an instance of being visited

Question 39

discourse

Answer 39

verbal exchange or conversation

Question 40

promiscuously

Answer 40

lacking standards of selection acting without careful judgement indiscriminate

Question 41

huddle

Answer 41

to crowd together as from cold or fear

Question 42

abate

Answer 42

to reduce in amount degree or intensity; lesson