Ch 4

Question 1

Harrow (v)

[har oh]

Answer 1

To distress

Create stress or torment

Question 2

Imbroglio (n)

[im brohl yoh]

Answer 2

Difficult or embarrassing situation

Misunderstanding

Question 3

Laud (v)

[lahd]

Answer 3

To praise highly

Question 4

Martinet (n)

[mar ti NET]

Answer 4

A rigid disciplinarian

Someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules

Question 5

Neologism (n)

Answer 5

A new word, expression

Question 6

Obstreperous (adj)

[ahb STREP uh rus]

Answer 6

Resisting control, noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous

Question 7

Paradigm (n)

Answer 7

Something that serves as a model, example, or pattern

The framework of assumption and understanding

Question 8

Querulous (adj)

Answer 8

Prone to complaining

Full of complaints

Question 9

Rarefy (v)

[RAYR uh fy]

Answer 9

To make or become thin, less dense, refine

Question 10

Salutary (adj)

[SAL too ter ee]

Answer 10

Causing improvement , wholesome

Promoting beneficial purpose

Question 11

Tautology (n)

[taw TAHL uh gee]

Answer 11

A repetition, a redundancy

A circular argument

Question 12

Untenable (adj)

Answer 12

Incapable of being defended (argument , thesis)

Uninhabitable ( apartment, house)

Question 13

Venerate (v)

Answer 13

To revere, honor, respect

Question 14

Whet (n)

[wet]

Answer 14

To sharpen or stimulate

Question 15

Abscond (v)

[ab SKAHND]

Answer 15

To depart in a sudden and secret manner

To steal off and hide

Question 16

Belie (v)

[bih LYE]

Answer 16

To give a false impression of

To misrepresent

Question 17

Calumniate (v)

Answer 17

To make a false accusation, to slander

Question 18

Deleterious (adj)

[del uhTEER ee us]

Answer 18

Harmful, injurious

• deleterious influences

Question 19

Efficacy

Answer 19

The ability to produce an intended result

Effectiveness

Question 20

Fawn (v)

Answer 20

To flatter or praise excessively

Question 21

Gauche (adj)

[gohsh]

Answer 21

Awkward, crude, tactless

Question 22

Hedonism (n)

[HEE dun izm]

Answer 22

Devotion to pleasurable pursuits

Devotion to pleasure as a way of life

Question 23

Imminent (adj)

Answer 23

About to happen

Impending

Question 24

Lethargic (adj)

[luh THAR jij]

Answer 24

Characterized by drowsiness or sluggishness , lacking in energy

Question 25

Maunder (v)

[MAHN dur]

Answer 25

To talk or move aimlessly

Mutter

Question 26

Neophyte (n)

[NEE uh fyt]

Answer 26

A beginner, novice

A recent convert

Question 27

Obtain (v)

Answer 27

To be established, accepted

To come into possession, acquire

Question 28

Pariah (n)

[puh RY uh]

Answer 28

An outcast, a rejected and despised person

Question 29

Quiescence (n)

[kwy ES unts]

Answer 29

Stillness, motionless

Quality of being at rest

Question 30

Rebus (n)

[REE bus]

Answer 30

Riddle, a representation of words by pictures or symbols that sound like the words