Chapter 10

Question 1

sanction

Answer 1

v.

1. To give official authorization or approval to: voting rights that are sanctioned by law.
2. To encourage or tolerate by indicating approval: His colleagues sanctioned his new research.
3. To penalize, as for violating a moral principle or international law

Question 2

turpitude

Answer 2

n.

1. Depravity; baseness.
2. A base act.

Question 3

cartography

Answer 3

n.

The art or technique of making maps or charts.

Question 4

despondent

Answer 4

adj.

Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected; depressed.

Question 5

inadvertent

Answer 5

adj.

1. Marked by or resulting from carelessness; negligent: an inadvertent error; an inadvertent omission.
2. Not deliberate or considered; unintentional: an inadvertent remark; inadvertent humor.
3. Not intending to be so; unwitting

Question 6

luscious

Answer 6

adj.

1. Sweet and pleasant to taste or smell: a luscious melon.
2. Richly appealing to the senses or the mind: a luscious, vivid description.
3. Having strong sensual or sexual appeal; attractive.

Question 7

oust

Answer 7

v.

To eject from a position or place; force out

Question 8

tyro

Answer 8

n.

A beginner in learning something.

Question 9

castigate

Answer 9

v.

To punish or rebuke severely.

Question 10

expedient

Answer 10

adj.

1. Suitable or efficient for accomplishing a purpose; practical: thought e-mail was the most expedient way to communicate with distant relatives.
2. Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle: changed his position when it was politically expedient.

n.

1. Something that is a means to an end, especially when based on self-interest: compromised only as an expedient to boost his career.
2. Something contrived or used to meet an urgent need: exhausted every expedient before filing a lawsuit.

Question 11

lynch

Answer 11

v.
To punish (a person) without legal process or authority, especially by hanging, for a perceived offense or as an act of bigotry; assassinate; illegal hanging

Question 12

overt

Answer 12

adj.

1. Open and observable; not hidden, concealed, or secret: overt hostility; overt intelligence gathering.

Question 13

ubiquitous

Answer 13

adj.

Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent.

Question 14

amorphous

Answer 14

adj.

1. Lacking physical form or shape.
2. Lacking organization; formless
3. Lacking a crystalline structure: Glass is an amorphous material.

Question 15

catharsis

Answer 15

n.

1. Purgation, especially for the digestive system.
2. A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear, described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama on its audience.
3. A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit.

Question 16

expedite

Answer 16

v.

To speed up the progress of or execute quickly: expedite the review of a legal case; expedite a loan application.

Question 17

preeminent

Answer 17

adj.

Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding.

Question 18

incarceration

Answer 18

v.

1. To put in a prison or jail.
2. To shut in; confine.

Question 19

sardonic

Answer 19

adj.

1. Scornfully or cynically mocking: a sardonic sense of humor.

Question 20

unalloyed

Answer 20

adj.

1. Not in mixture with other metals; pure.
2. Complete; unqualified: unalloyed blessings; unalloyed relief.

Question 21

analgesic

Answer 21

n.

A medication that reduces or eliminates pain.

Question 22

caucus

Answer 22

n.

a. A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office.
b. A closed meeting of party members within a legislative body to decide on questions of policy or leadership.
c. A group within a legislative or decision-making body seeking to represent a specific interest or influence a particular area of policy: a minority caucus.

Question 23

exposition

Answer 23

n.
1. A setting forth of meaning or intent; clear explanation.
2.
a. A statement or rhetorical discourse intended to give information about or an explanation of difficult material.
b. The art or technique of composing such discourses.

Question 24

maelstrom

Answer 24

n.

1. A violent or turbulent situation: caught in the maelstrom of war.
2. A whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence.

Question 25

prerogative

Answer 25

n.

1. An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group, especially a hereditary or official right.
2. The exclusive right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge