Chapter 22

Question 1

gratis

Answer 1

adv. & adj.

Without payment or charge.

Question 2

itinerant

Answer 2

adj.

Travelling from place to place, especially to perform work or a duty: an itinerant judge; itinerant labour.

Question 3

recapitulate

Answer 3

v.

To repeat in concise form; summarise

Question 4

waylay

Answer 4

v.

1. To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
2. To approach and speak to (a person on the way to a destination or in the middle of an activity)
3. To interrupt the course or progress of; hinder: travellers waylaid by a storm; an athlete waylaid by an injury.

Question 5

belie

Answer 5

v.

1. To give a false representation to; misrepresent: “He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility”
2. To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.

Question 6

gratuitous

Answer 6

adj.

1. Given or granted without return or recompense; unearned.
2. Given or received without cost or obligation; free.
3. Unnecessary or unwarranted; unjustified: gratuitous criticism.

Question 7

jaded

Answer 7

adj.

1. Worn out; wearied
2. Dulled by surfeit; sated: “the sickeningly sweet life of the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes”
3. Cynically or pretentiously callous.

Question 8

suffragist

Answer 8

n.

An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

Question 9

neologism

Answer 9

n.

1. A new word, expression, or usage.
2. The creation or use of new words or senses.

Question 10

petulant

Answer 10

adj.

1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.

Question 11

recluse

Answer 11

n.

A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude.

Question 12

supercilious

Answer 12

adj.

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

Question 13

whelp

Answer 13

n.
1. A young offspring of a carnivorous mammal, especially a dog or wolf.
2.
a. A child; a youth.
b. An impudent boy or young man.

Question 14

bellicose

Answer 14

adj.

Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament.

Question 15

consummate

Answer 15

adj.

1. Complete or perfect in every respect: consummate happiness.
2. Supremely accomplished or skilled: a consummate master
3. Complete; utter: a consummate bore.

Question 16

gregarious

Answer 16

adj.

1. Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable.
2. Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind: gregarious bird species.

Question 17

jaundiced

Answer 17

adj.

1. Affected with jaundice.
2. Yellow or yellowish.
3. Affected by or exhibiting envy, prejudice, or hostility.

Question 18

nettle

Answer 18

v.

1. To sting with or as if with a nettle.
2. To irritate; vex.

Question 19

superlative

Answer 19

adj.

1. Of the highest order, quality, or degree; surpassing or superior to all others.
2. Excessive or exaggerated.

Question 20

whet

Answer 20

v.

1. To sharpen (e.g. a knife); hone.
2. To make more keen; stimulate: The frying bacon whetted my appetite.

Question 21

belligerent

Answer 21

adj.

1. Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.
2. Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.

Question 22

contemporary

Answer 22

adj.

1. Belonging to the same period of time: a fact documented by two contemporary sources.
2. Of about the same age.
3. Current; modern: contemporary trends in design.

Question 23

emaciate

Answer 23

v.

To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.

Question 24

gritty

Answer 24

adj.

1. Containing, covered with, or resembling grit.
2. Showing resolution and fortitude; plucky: a gritty decision.

Question 25

jaunt

Answer 25

n.

A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing.