Chapter 11

Question 1

savant

Answer 1

n.

1. A learned person; a scholar.
2. A person with savant syndrome.

Question 2

unctuous

Answer 2

adj.
1. Excessively ingratiating or insincerely earnest: was annoyed by the unctuous waiter.
2.
a. Containing or composed of oil or fat.
b. Having the quality or characteristics of oil or ointment; oily; slippery.
3. Abundant in organic materials; soft and rich: unctuous soil.

Question 3

ingratiating

Answer 3

adj.

1. Pleasing; agreeable
2. Calculated to please or win favor: an unctuous, ingratiating manner.

Question 4

analogous

Answer 4

adj.

Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy.

Question 5

caustic

Answer 5

adj.

1. Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action.
2. Sarcastic or cutting; biting: caustic jokes
3. Given to making caustic remarks: a caustic TV commentator.

Question 6

extol

Answer 6

v.

To praise highly; exalt.

Question 7

incipient

Answer 7

adj.

Beginning to exist or appear: detecting incipient tumors; an incipient personnel problem.

Question 8

magnanimous

Answer 8

adj.
Highly moral, especially in showing kindness or forgiveness, as in overlooking insults or not seeking revenge; generous; big-hearted.

Question 9

palisade

Answer 9

n.

a. A fence of pales/posts forming a defense barrier or fortification.
b. One of the pales of such a fence.

Question 10

prescience

Answer 10

n.

Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight.

Question 11

anarchy

Answer 11

n.

1. Absence of any form of political authority.
2. Political disorder and confusion.
3. Absence of any cohesive principle, such as a common standard or purpose.

Question 12

cavalcade

Answer 12

n.

1. A procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages.
2. A ceremonial procession or display.
3. A succession or series: starred in a cavalcade of Broadway hits.

Question 13

extradite

Answer 13

v.

1. To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority; to deport.
2. To obtain the extradition of.

Question 14

magnate

Answer 14

n.

A powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry: an oil magnate.

Question 15

palliate

Answer 15

v.
1.
a. To make less severe or intense; mitigate.
b. To alleviate the symptoms of (a disease or disorder); note: not cure
2. To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.

Question 16

presentiment

Answer 16

n.

A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition.

Question 17

underscore

Answer 17

v.
1. To underline
2.
a. To put emphasis on; stress
b. To cause to appear important or deserving of attention: The energy crisis underscored the need to increase fuel efficiency.

Question 18

celerity

Answer 18

n.

Swiftness of action or motion; speed.

Question 19

extraneous

Answer 19

adj.

1. Not constituting an essential or vital element or part: school rules forbidding extraneous clothing like hats.
2. Unrelated to the topic or matter at hand; irrelevant
3. Coming from the outside: extraneous noise.

Question 20

maladroit

Answer 20

adj.

Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.

Question 21

pallid

Answer 21

adj.

1. Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion: the pallid face of the invalid.
2. Lacking intensity of color or luminousness.
3. Lacking in radiance or vitality; dull: pallid prose.

Question 22

presumptuous

Answer 22

adj.
Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward; assuming too much; arrogant: felt it was presumptuous of him to assume they had become friends.

Question 23

scrupulous

Answer 23

adj.

1. Conscientious and exact; painstaking.
2. Having scruples; principled.

Question 24

unequivocal

Answer 24

adj.

Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous: an unequivocal success.

Question 25

censorious

Answer 25

adj.

1. Tending to censure; critical.
2. Expressing censure.