Chapter 12

Question 1

a practical joke

Syn: deception, fraud

Answer 1

hoax

Question 2

that quality which makes one color differ from other colors; a particular shade or tint of a given color

Answer 2

hue

Question 3

a religious belief opposed to the established doctrine

Syn: heterodoxy, nonconformity

Answer 3

heresy

Question 4

to dash; to move swiftly and with great force

Syn: to plow into

Answer 4

hurtle

Question 5

overly critical; too severe in judgment

Syn: faultfinding

Answer 5

hypercritical

Question 6

extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally

Answer 6

hyperbole

Question 7

cannot be appeased or pacified

Syn: inflexible, relentless, uncompromising

Answer 7

implacable

Question 8

faultless; without sin or blemish

Syn: immaculate, faultless, irreproachable

Answer 8

impeccable

Question 9

public shame, disgrace, or dishonor

Syn: disgrace, infamy

Answer 9

ignominy

Question 10

dorm

root

Answer 10

sleep

dormitory, dormant

Question 11

without sense or meaning; silly; empty

Syn: foolish, insipid

Answer 11

inane

Question 12

to put into prison; to confine

Syn: imprison, constrain

Answer 12

incarcerate

Question 13

sharp; keen; penetrating

Syn: piercing, acute

Answer 13

incisive

Question 14

not wise or judicious; imprudent, as in speech or action

Syn: rash, capricious, unwise

Answer 14

indiscreet

Question 15

fin

root

Answer 15

end

finish, finesse

Question 16

hiding one’s name, rank, position; disguised

Syn: masquerading

Answer 16

incognito

Question 17

absence of vanity

Syn: modesty, humbleness

Answer 17

humility

Question 18

ory

suffix

Answer 18

a place for

observatory, factory

Question 19

nomen

root

Answer 19

name

nomenclature, agnomen

Question 20

ee

suffix

Answer 20

one who is

nominee, retrainee