Chapter 4 (131-155)

Question 0

LACONIC, SUCCINCT, TERSE

Answer 0

very concise; brief

Question 1

DRACONIAN

Answer 1

very strict laws and rules

Question 2

SPARTAN

Answer 2

simple; plain

Question 3

HALCYON

Answer 3

idyllically calm and tranquil

Question 4

SOPHISTRY

Answer 4

a deliberately misleading arguement

Question 5

CHIMERICAL

Answer 5

fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination

Question 6

OSTRACIZE

Answer 6

to deliberately exclude from a group

Question 7

IMPECUNIOUS

Answer 7

poor; penniless; nit affluent

Question 8

NEFARIOUS

Answer 8

extremely wicked; vile

Question 9

JOVIAL, JOCULAR

Answer 9

good-humored; cheerful

Question 10

DIRGE

Answer 10

a funeral hymn; mournful music

Question 11

MAUDLIN

Answer 11

excessively sentimental

Question 12

QUIXOTIC

Answer 12

foolishly impractical

Question 13

PANDEMONIUM

Answer 13

a wild uproar; tumult

Question 14

MARTINET

Answer 14

a strict disciplinarian

Question 15

FIASCO, DEBACLE

Answer 15

a complete failure

Question 16

PICAYUNE

Answer 16

someting of small value; petty; trifling

Question 17

BOWDLERIZE

Answer 17

to remove or delete objectional parts of a book

Question 18

GERRYMANDER

Answer 18

to divide a district so as to give one side an advantage

Question 19

MAVERICK

Answer 19

an independent person

Question 20

JUGGERNAUT

Answer 20

an irresistable force

Question 21

SERENDIPITY

Answer 21

an accidental but fortunate discovery

Question 22

ZENINTH, APEX

Answer 22

the highest point

Question 24

NADIR

Answer 24

the lowest point

Question 25

GALVANIZE

Answer 25

to electrify; stir into action