Chapter 3 - V

Question 1

civil

Answer 1

relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as district from military or ecclesiastical matters.

Question 2

immutable

Answer 2

unchanging over time or unable to be changed.

Question 3

polemical

Answer 3

relating to or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech.

Question 4

efficacious

Answer 4

successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective.

Question 5

enjoyable

Answer 5

giving delight or pleasure.

Question 6

excoriate

Answer 6

censure or criticize severely.

Question 7

praise

Answer 7

express warm approval or admiration of.

Question 8

calumny

Answer 8

the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.

Question 9

garland

Answer 9

a wreath of flowers and leaves, worn on the head or hung as a decoration.

Question 10

obloquy

Answer 10

strong public criticism or verbal abuse.

Question 11

palette

Answer 11

a thin board or slab on which artist lays and mixes colors.

Question 12

aesthetic

Answer 12

concerned with beauty or appreciation of beauty.

Question 13

artifact

Answer 13

an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

Question 14

artifice

Answer 14

clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.

Question 15

sentiment

Answer 15

a view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an option.

Question 16

wisdom

Answer 16

the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise.

Question 17

pedantry

Answer 17

excessive concern with minor details and rules.

Question 18

parsimony

Answer 18

extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.

Question 19

pulchritude

Answer 19

beauty

Question 20

wit

Answer 20

mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence.

Question 21

irrelevant

Answer 21

not corrected with or relevant to something.

Question 22

tactic

Answer 22

an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end.

Question 23

minutiae

Answer 23

the small, precise, or trivial details of something.

Question 24

strategy

Answer 24

a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.

Question 25

peccadillo

Answer 25

a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin.

Question 26

awkward

Answer 26

causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

Question 27

lisp

Answer 27

a speech defect in which “s” is pronounced like “th” in “thick” and “z” is pronounced like “th” in “this.”

Question 28

overwhelming

Answer 28

very great in amount.

Question 29

passion

Answer 29

strong and barely controllable emotion.

Question 30

appealing

Answer 30

attractive or interesting.

Question 31

shy

Answer 31

being reserved or having or showing nervousness or timidity in the company of other people.

Question 32

enthrall

Answer 32

capture the fascinated attention of.

Question 33

repel

Answer 33

drive or force an attack or attacker back or away.

Question 34

amuse

Answer 34

cause someone to find something funny; entertain.

Question 35

ingenuity

Answer 35

the quality of being clever, original, and inventive.

Question 36

tortuousness

Answer 36

full of twists and turns.

Question 37

conventional

Answer 37

based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

Question 38

tepid

Answer 38

only slightly warm; lukewarm.

Question 39

laudatory

Answer 39

expressing praise and commendation.

Question 40

deprecate

Answer 40

express disapproval of.

Question 41

indolence

Answer 41

avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness

Question 42

probity

Answer 42

the quality of having moral principles; honesty and decency.

Question 43

dissipation

Answer 43

the squandering of money, energy, or resources.

Question 44

profligate

Answer 44

recklessly extravagant, or wasteful in the use of resources.

Question 45

antediluvian

Answer 45

of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood.

Question 46

ascetic

Answer 46

characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

Question 47

passable

Answer 47

just good enough to be acceptable; satisfactory.

Question 48

deplorable

Answer 48

deserving strong condemnation.

Question 49

exacting

Answer 49

making great demands on one’s skill, attention, or other resources.

Question 50

surprising

Answer 50

unexpected

Question 51

outstanding

Answer 51

exceptionally good.

Question 52

duplicate

Answer 52

exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.

Question 53

curb

Answer 53

a check or restraint on something.

Question 54

foresaw

Answer 54

be aware of beforehand; predict

Question 55

inform

Answer 55

give someone facts or information; tell.

Question 56

hinder

Answer 56

create difficulties for someone or something, resulting in delay or obstruction.