Chapter 3 - VIII

Question 1

leery

Answer 1

cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions.

Question 2

beholden

Answer 2

owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service.

Question 3

apathetic

Answer 3

showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Question 4

affiliate

Answer 4

officially attach or connect a subsidiary group or a person to an organization.

Question 5

dilemma

Answer 5

a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones.

Question 6

obligation

Answer 6

an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.

Question 7

diffident

Answer 7

modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

Question 8

ideological

Answer 8

based on or relating to a system of ideas, especially concerning economic or political theory and policy.

Question 9

implicit

Answer 9

implied though not plainly expressed.

Question 10

quiet

Answer 10

making little or no noise.

Question 11

skeptical

Answer 11

not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.

Question 12

seething

Answer 12

filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger.

Question 13

waiting

Answer 13

the action of staying where one is or delaying action until a particular time or until something else happens.

Question 14

groaning

Answer 14

denoting a deep inarticulate sound conveying pain, despair, pleasure, etc.

Question 15

baying

Answer 15

bark or howl loudly.

Question 16

intense

Answer 16

of extreme force, degree, or strength.

Question 17

intellect

Answer 17

the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract or academic matters.

Question 18

illiberal

Answer 18

uncultured or unrefined.

Question 19

heterodox

Answer 19

not conforming with accepted standards or beliefs.

Question 20

iconoclasm

Answer 20

the action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices.

Question 21

theory

Answer 21

a supposition or system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

Question 22

intelligence

Answer 22

the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.

Question 23

abolition

Answer 23

the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.

Question 24

enshrine

Answer 24

place a revered or precious object in an appropriate receptacle.

Question 25

mitigation

Answer 25

the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.

Question 26

redress

Answer 26

remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation.

Question 27

confirm

Answer 27

establish the truth or correctness of something previously believed, suspected, or feared to be the case.

Question 28

belie

Answer 28

fail to give a true notion or impression of something; disguise or contradict.

Question 29

furnish

Answer 29

provide a house or room with furniture and fittings.

Question 30

foster

Answer 30

encourage or promote the development of something, typically something regarded as good.