Chapter 5

Question 1

garner

Answer 1

(v) to gather, collect, or hoard

Question 2

Fecund

Answer 2

(adj)producing or capable of producing offspring fruit, vegetation, etc

Question 3

Fiat

Answer 3

(n) an authoritative decree, sanction, or order

Question 4

enervate

Answer 4

(v)to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor; weaken

Question 5

Depraved

Answer 5

Corrupt, wicked, or perverted

Question 6

Mundane

Answer 6

common; ordinary

Question 7

Penchant

Answer 7

(n)a strong inclination, taste or liking for something

Question 8

Ubiquitous

Answer 8

(adj)existing or being every where, especially at the same time

Question 9

reputed

Answer 9

(adj) reported or supposed to be such

Question 10

malediction

Answer 10

a curse

Question 11

overweening

Answer 11

(adj) presumptuously arrogant; overbearing

Question 12

sophistry

Answer 12

(n)a false argument

Question 13

nuance

Answer 13

(n)a slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind

Question 14

sumptuous

Answer 14

(adj)rich and costly

Question 15

ignominy

Answer 15

(n) great personal dishonor or humiliation

Question 16

idiosyncrasy

Answer 16

(n) a mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual

Question 17

delineate

Answer 17

(v) describe or portray (something) precisely

Question 18

hallow

Answer 18

(v) to render holy by means of religious rites

Question 19

emend

Answer 19

(v) make corrections and improvements to

Question 20

figment

Answer 20

(n) something invented made up, or fabrication

Question 21

esoteric

Answer 21

(adj) private; secret; confidential

Question 22

Acuity

Answer 22

(n)sharpness, acuteness,keenness