Chapter 24

Question 1

zany

Answer 1

adj.

Comical or ludicrous because of incongruity or strangeness; crazy; wacky.

Question 2

berate

Answer 2

v.

To rebuke or scold angrily and at length.

Question 3

gustatory

Answer 3

adj.

Of or relating to the sense of taste.

Question 4

judicious

Answer 4

adj.

Having or exhibiting sound judgment; prudent.

Question 5

regale

Answer 5

v.

1. To provide with great enjoyment; entertain.
2. To entertain sumptuously with food and drink; provide a feast for.

Question 6

sycophant

Answer 6

n.

A person who attempts to gain advantage by flattering influential people or behaving in a servile manner; boot licker.

Question 7

beret

Answer 7

n.

A round, soft, brimless cap that fits snugly and is often worn angled to one side.

Question 8

corpulent

Answer 8

adj.

Having an abundance or excess of flesh or fat.

Question 9

hackneyed

Answer 9

adj.

Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.

Question 10

jurisprudence

Answer 10

n.

1. The philosophy or science of law.
2. A division, type, or particular body of law: modern jurisprudence; federal jurisprudence; bankruptcy jurisprudence.

Question 11

relegate

Answer 11

v.

1. To consign to an inferior or obscure place, rank, category, or condition: an artist’s work that is now relegated to storerooms; a group that has been relegated to the status of second-class citizens.
2. To refer or assign (e.g. a matter or task) for decision or action: relegate the teaching of writing to graduate students; relegate the matter to a committee.

Question 12

taciturn

Answer 12

adj.

1. Habitually untalkative.
2. Characterized by reserve or a lack of expression.

Question 13

zealot

Answer 13

n.

a. One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
b. A fanatically committed person.

Question 14

bestial

Answer 14

adj.

1. Of or resembling a beast: a bestial roar.
2. Marked by brutality or depravity; brutal or depraved: capable of the most bestial acts imaginable.

Question 15

corrugate

Answer 15

v.

To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves.

Question 16

hallowed

Answer 16

adj.

1. Sanctified; consecrated: a hallowed cemetery.
2. Highly venerated; sacrosanct: our hallowed war heroes.

Question 17

juxtapose

Answer 17

v.

To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

Question 18

placebo

Answer 18

n.

1. Harmless medicine with no effect.
   a. A substance that has positive effects as a result of a patient’s perception that it is beneficial rather than as a result of a causative ingredient.
   b. An inactive substance or preparation used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug.
2. Something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another.

Question 19

zenith

Answer 19

n.

1. The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer.
2. The upper region of the sky.
3. The highest point above the observer’s horizon attained by a celestial body.
4. The point of culmination; the peak: the zenith of her career.