Chap1. List 7-8

Question 1

acquit

Answer 1

to declare or find not guilty

Question 2

acute

Answer 2

clever; severe

Question 3

addle

Answer 3

confuse or make difficult to think properly

Question 4

annex

Answer 4

take by force, especially territory

Question 5

apostate

Answer 5

person who gives up religion or idea

Question 6

apprehension (3 meaning)

Answer 6

fear that unpleasant might happen; quickness in understanding; arresting a person

Question 7

attribute

Answer 7

characteristic; ownership

Question 8

beset (2 meaning)

Answer 8

to attack or cause trouble; to decorate

Question 9

caustic

Answer 9

able to destroy with chemical action; very sarcastic

Question 10

chronicle

Answer 10

writing of history

Question 11

constable

Answer 11

high official; guard of castle; officer maintaining order

Question 12

dinghy

Answer 12

inflatable rubber boat

Question 13

diversion

Answer 13

act of veering away from a course

Question 14

dowry (2 meaning)

Answer 14

gift that bride offers to her husband at marriage; natural talent

Question 15

embalm

Answer 15

preserve

Question 16

entrails

Answer 16

internal parts of animal or system

Question 17

entrench

Answer 17

estabilish; fortify

Question 18

epigram

Answer 18

short saying

Question 19

exigent

Answer 19

urgent; critical

Question 20

expunge

Answer 20

to delete, erase or destroy

Question 21

facetious

Answer 21

witty

Question 22

gala

Answer 22

festival

Question 23

incumbent (3 meaning)

Answer 23

currently holding power; imposed as duty; resting on something

Question 24

indelible

Answer 24

unforgettable

Question 25

lament

Answer 25

express sadness

Question 26

loquacious

Answer 26

tending to be talkative

Question 27

magisterial

Answer 27

showing skill of a master or expert

Question 28

manifesto

Answer 28

public declaration

Question 29

masquerade

Answer 29

가면무도회 가면

Question 30

mitigate

Answer 30

appease

Question 31

nocturnal

Answer 31

relating to night

Question 32

nostalgia

Answer 32

homesick

Question 33

obstinate

Answer 33

stubborn; resisting to change

Question 34

odyssey

Answer 34

journey

Question 35

omnipotent

Answer 35

almighty

Question 36

pacifist

Answer 36

파시즘

Question 37

paucity

Answer 37

small number

Question 38

philologist

Answer 38

a person who studies literature

Question 39

predilection

Answer 39

bias

Question 40

propriety

Answer 40

socially correct behavior

Question 41

pulmonary

Answer 41

relating to lungs

Question 42

remonstrate

Answer 42

protest

Question 43

subpoena

Answer 43

written command requiring a person to appear at court

Question 44

tirade

Answer 44

long emotional speech of condemnation

Question 45

translucent

Answer 45

semitransparent

Question 46

trenchant

Answer 46

powerfully effective; certain

Question 47

umbrage

Answer 47

feeling offensed; doubtful feeling

Question 48

upbraid

Answer 48

criticize severely

Question 49

waif

Answer 49

homeless

Question 50

wanton

Answer 50

inhumane

Question 51

adjunct

Answer 51

accesory

Question 52

aghast

Answer 52

horror

Question 53

alcove

Answer 53

small room

Question 54

allocate

Answer 54

give out for perpose

Question 55

anemometer

Answer 55

instrument that checks gas speed

Question 56

arboreal

Answer 56

relating to lives in a tree

Question 57

babble

Answer 57

to talk rapidly without sense

Question 58

bibulous

Answer 58

alcoholic/ draining liquids

Question 59

blase

Answer 59

lack of interest

Question 60

buttress

Answer 60

reinforcement

Question 61

carnal (2 meaning)

Answer 61

relating to body; lustful

Question 62

cohesion

Answer 62

unity

Question 63

constellate

Answer 63

unite

Question 64

contemporary

Answer 64

relating to current period

Question 65

counterintuitive

Answer 65

unreasonable

Question 66

delirium

Answer 66

madness

Question 67

devious

Answer 67

sneaky

Question 68

disparage

Answer 68

degrade

Question 69

duplicitous

Answer 69

dishonest

Question 70

eclectic

Answer 70

diverse

Question 71

embezzle

Answer 71

steal

Question 72

encyclical

Answer 72

letter sent by pope

Question 73

eponymous

Answer 73

named after

Question 74

facet

Answer 74

surface

Question 75

felicity

Answer 75

joy

Question 76

folio

Answer 76

paper

Question 77

fortuitous

Answer 77

fortunate

Question 78

furrow

Answer 78

depression

Question 79

harbinger

Answer 79

pioneer

Question 80

inclination

Answer 80

bias

Question 81

levity

Answer 81

lack of seriousness

Question 82

malady

Answer 82

disease; harmful condition

Question 83

meme

Answer 83

trend

Question 84

ornate

Answer 84

elaborate; decorate

Question 85

pantheon

Answer 85

hall of hame

Question 86

pensive

Answer 86

engaged in mourn

Question 87

piety

Answer 87

strong belief to a religion

Question 88

plebiscite

Answer 88

vote

Question 89

posterity

Answer 89

offspring

Question 90

progeny

Answer 90

offspring

Question 91

ravenous

Answer 91

starving

Question 92

recondite

Answer 92

secret

Question 93

remiss

Answer 93

irresponsible

Question 94

requital

Answer 94

giving good for good, bad or bad; compensation

Question 95

revocation

Answer 95

act of calling back

Question 96

ruminate

Answer 96

consider; think over

Question 97

transverse

Answer 97

extending across

Question 98

treatise

Answer 98

book describing a subject in detail

Question 99

tribulation

Answer 99

hardship; trouble

Question 100

verdant (2 meaning)

Answer 100

grassy; immature