ch.10-12

Question 0

packed closely together; thick; compact

Answer 0

dense

Question 1

to be ambitious; desire; aim

Answer 1

aspire

Question 2

to imitate in order to equal or surpass

Answer 2

emulate

Question 3

deformed, disorted, odd, or unnatural in appearence; absurd; ridiculous

Answer 3

grotesque

Question 4

unavoidably; inescapably

Answer 4

inextricably

Question 5

belonging to the real nature of a thing; essential; inherent

Answer 5

intrinsic

Question 6

open; observable; not hidden

Answer 6

overt

Question 7

to complain violently or bitterly

Answer 7

rail

Question 8

to make agree, consistent, or compatible; to make friendly again

Answer 8

reconcile

Question 9

not having a previous example; unheard of

Answer 9

unprecedented

Question 10

embarrassing social mistake

Answer 10

faux pas

Question 11

person who is newly rich, especially one who shows off the wealth

Answer 11

nouveau riche

Question 12

on the contrary

Answer 12

an contraire

Question 13

a sudden overthrow of the government

Answer 13

coup d’ etat

Question 14

enthusiasm

Answer 14

elan

Question 15

a sense of pride, loyalty and unity and devotion to a cause among the members of a group

Answer 15

esprit de corps

Question 16

favoring or practicing a policy of noninterference in the affairs of others (mind your business)

Answer 16

laissez faire

Question 17

the best of its kind

Answer 17

par excellence

Question 18

the ability to say or do the right thing in any situation

Answer 18

savoir faire

Question 19

(noun) a private conversation between two people; (adj. or adv.) for or two people in intimate privacy

Answer 19

tete-a-tete

Question 20

flowing together of two or more streams. the place of this; A crowd; coming together

Answer 20

confluence

Question 21

the outflow of something, especially a stream from a body of water; an outflow form a sewer, or a discharge of waste from a factory

Answer 21

effluent

Question 22

to change up and down or back and forth irregulary; waver

Answer 22

fluctuate

Question 23

spoken or written easily. Able to speak or write smoothly and effortlessly. flowing smoothly

Answer 23

fluent

Question 24

to pend the knee, or touch the knee to the floor, as in respect or worship

Answer 24

genufluent

Question 25

not easily bent, stiff, rigid, unyielding in mind, prinsciple, or purpose

Answer 25

inflexible

Question 26

flowing in or mass arrival

Answer 26

influx

Question 27

smoothly or sweetly flowing

Answer 27

mellifluous

Question 28

an involuntary response to a stimulus

Answer 28

reflex

Question 29

being more than is necessary, wanted, or required

Answer 29

superfluous