Core Vocab 131-155 (Rich History)

Question 1

Draconian

Answer 1

characterized by very strict laws, rules, and punishments

Question 2

Laconic

Answer 2

Very Brief; concise, succinct, terse

Question 3

Spartan

Answer 3

plain, simple, austere

Question 4

Halcyon

Answer 4

Idyllically calm and peaceful, an untroubled golden time of satisfaction, happiness, and tranquility

Question 5

Sophistry

Answer 5

a plausible but deliberately misleading or fallacious argument designed to deceive someone

Question 6

Chimerical

Answer 6

given to fantastic schemes; existing only in the imagination; impossible; vainly concieved

Question 7

impecunious

Answer 7

poor; penniless

Question 8

Dirge

Answer 8

a funeral hymm; a slow, mournful. lugubrious musical composition

Question 9

Maudlin

Answer 9

tearful; excessively sentimental. but not mawkish

Question 10

quixotic

Answer 10

Foolishly impractical in the pursuit of ideals; impractical idealism

Question 11

martinet

Answer 11

a strict disciplinarian; a person who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules

Question 12

Bowdlerize

Answer 12

to remove or delete parts of a book, song, or other work that are considered offensive; to expurgate

Question 13

picayune

Answer 13

small value or importance; pretty trifling; (pequeno)

Question 14

Gerrymander

Answer 14

to divide a geographic area into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections

Question 15

maverick

Answer 15

an independent individual who does not go along with a group as a party; a nonconformist

Question 16

juggernaut

Answer 16

an irresistible force that crushes everything in its path

Question 17

serendipity

Answer 17

discovery by fortunate accident

Question 18

zenith

Answer 18

highest point; apex

Question 19

nadir

Answer 19

lowest point; bottom