CRL 6

Question 1

Incumbent

Answer 1

1. A person who holds an office or position
2. Already holding office or position
3. Required as a duty or obligation

Question 2

Recumbent

Answer 2

Reclining; lying down

Question 3

Succumb

Answer 3

1. To yield; to give in or give up, especially to a powerful force or desire
2. To die

Question 4

Hypochondria

Answer 4

A psychological disorder characterized by the illusory conviction that one is ill or in pain, or likely to become so

Question 5

Hypothesis

Answer 5

1. A theory or explanation that leads to further investigation for proof or disproof
2. An assumption on which a conclusion or decision is based

Question 6

Cataclysm

Answer 6

A disaster or catastrophe on such a large scale that biological, environmental, or cultural elements are permanently altered or irreparably lost to the earth

Question 7

Catapult

Answer 7

1. An ancient mechanical device for hurling missiles
2. A modern mechanism for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship
3. To hurl or launch suddenly; to spring up

Question 8

Subjective

Answer 8

1. Concentrating on the self in the expression of feelings and perceptions
2. Relating to personal opinions and thought processes rather than factual information or universal experience

Question 9

Sublimate

Answer 9

To turn aside an instinctual, perhaps primitive, impulse in favor of a more socially or culturally acceptable activity

Question 10

Suborn

Answer 10

1. To introduce a person in secret to commit a misdeed or a crime
2. To induce someone to give false testimony

Question 11

Subterfuge

Answer 11

An artifice, devise, or evasion to hide or avoid something, or to escape an outcome

Question 12

Verisimilitude

Answer 12

A thing or a quality that appears true or real

Question 13

Verity

Answer 13

1. The condition or quality of being true or accurate

2. A belief, principle, or statement expressing some basic human truth

Question 14

Aver

Answer 14

To affirm; to declare or attest to positively or dogmatically