Chapter 9

Question 1

L

Answer 1

50

Question 2

D

Answer 2

500

Question 3

M

Answer 3

1000

Question 4

trident

Answer 4

three-pronged spear

Question 5

quadrilateral

Answer 5

four sided

Question 6

dean

Answer 6

“ten”, the head of a university facult or department

Question 7

quinquennial

Answer 7

recurring every 5 years

Question 8

mile

Answer 8

1000, a roman measure of 1000 paces.

Question 9

septuagenarian

Answer 9

7 or 70 - a person aged between 70 and 79

Question 10

bimanual

Answer 10

requiring the use of both hands to operate

Question 11

duodecimal

Answer 11

a twelfth of the whole

Question 12

nonagenarian

Answer 12

person aged between 90 and 99

Question 13

quatrain

Answer 13

poetic stanza of 4 lines

Question 14

paucity

Answer 14

presence of something in small/insufficient quantities or amounts

Question 15

triennial

Answer 15

happening every three years

Question 16

sesquipedalian

Answer 16

very long word

Question 17

floccinaucinihilipilification

Answer 17

estimating something as worthless

Question 18

doctrine

Answer 18

set of beliefs

Question 19

biennial

Answer 19

occuring once every 2 years

Question 20

quintet

Answer 20

group of 5

Question 21

inordinate

Answer 21

excessive; unusually or disproportionately large

Question 22

sinecure

Answer 22

position requiring little work but giving status or financial benefit

Question 23

superannuated

Answer 23

retired; outdated or obseleted through age or new developments

Question 24

decadent

Answer 24

luxuriously self indulgent

Question 25

unequivocal

Answer 25

unambiguous; leaves no doubt

Question 26

equivocal

Answer 26

open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous

Question 27

multifarious

Answer 27

having many varied parts or types

Question 28

duplicity

Answer 28

deceitfullness, deception

Question 29

beneficent

Answer 29

generous or doing good

Question 30

slander

Answer 30

make false and damaging statements about someone

Question 31

malign

Answer 31

evil; or speka about someone in a spitefully critical manner

Question 32

malice

Answer 32

desire t harm someone

Question 33

malinger

Answer 33

pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work

Question 34

quintessence

Answer 34

the most perfect/typical example of a quality or class

Question 35

omnipresent

Answer 35

widely or constantly encountered

Question 36

perennial

Answer 36

lasting for a long/infinite time

Question 37

magnanimous

Answer 37

generous or forgigiving, esp towards a rival

Question 38

omniscient

Answer 38

knowing everything

Question 39

minutiae

Answer 39

small, precise details of something

Question 40

sesqui-

Answer 40

one and a half

Question 41

150th anniversary

Answer 41

sesquicentennial

Question 42

tycoon

Answer 42

wealthy, powerful person in business or industry

Question 43

millenium

Answer 43

period of 1000 years

Question 44

beneficence

Answer 44

act of charity, mercy, and kindness

Question 45

milliners

Answer 45

person who makes or sells women’s hats

Question 46

cardinal

Answer 46

fundamental, of greatest importants

Question 47

soliloquy

Answer 47

spekaing thoughts aloud when by oneself, or regardless of any hearers

Question 48

dearth

Answer 48

a scarcity or lack of something

Question 49

arrogant

Answer 49

having an exaggerated sense of ones own important or abilities

Question 50

imperious

Answer 50

arrogant and domineering

Question 51

prudent

Answer 51

acting with or showing care and thought for the future

Question 52

patronising

Answer 52

apparently kind/helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority

Question 53

betray

Answer 53

be gravely disloyal, or unintentionally reveal

Question 54

veracious

Answer 54

speaking/representing the truth

Question 55

voracious

Answer 55

wanting great quantities of food; or engaging with great eagerness

Question 56

illicit

Answer 56

forbidden by laws/rules

Question 57

elicity

Answer 57

obtain; evoke or draw out from someone