Chap. 21 Vocabulary

Question 1

Muckrake

Answer 1

to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics

Question 2

Flux

Answer 2

the action or process of flowing

Question 3

Cosmopolitan

Answer 3

free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; citizen of the world

Question 4

Nostalgia

Answer 4

a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past

Question 5

Repugnant

Answer 5

extremely distasteful; unacceptable

Question 6

Superfluous

Answer 6

being more than is sufficient or required; excessive

Question 7

Municipal

Answer 7

relating to a town or city or its local government

Question 8

Rhapsodic

Answer 8

extravagantly emotional

Question 9

Minaret

Answer 9

the tower from which the faithful are called to prayer five times each day by a muezzin, or crier

Question 10

Prudery

Answer 10

excessive or affected modesty

Question 11

Insidious

Answer 11

crafty, deceitful

Question 12

Itinerant

Answer 12

traveling from place to place, especially on a circuit as a minster, judge, or sales representative

Question 13

Renaissance

Answer 13

a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity

Question 14

Ambivalent

Answer 14

having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings

Question 15

Retainer

Answer 15

a fee paid for a claim on services when needed

Question 16

Consular

Answer 16

a consul appointed by one country to look after its interest and It citizens’ welfare in another

Question 17

Bunco

Answer 17

Scam, fraud

Question 18

Ponderous

Answer 18

of very great weight

Question 19

Steward

Answer 19

one employed to organize events

Question 20

Bully (adj.)

Answer 20

fine, excellent, very good