Does the Universe Have a Purpose? feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Question 1

sentient

Answer 1

adj. able to perceive or feel things

“she had been instructed from birth in the equality of all sentient life forms”

Question 2

pinnacle

Answer 2

the most successful point, the culmination

ex: sentient primates are life’s neurological pinnacle

Question 3

cradle

Answer 3

an infant’s bed or crib
a place, process, or event in which sth originates or flourishes
ex: a further purpose of of the universe was to create a fertile cradle for life?

Question 4

mayhem

Answer 4

violent or damaging disorder; chaos

“complete mayhem broke out”

Question 5

idyll

Answer 5

an extremely happy, peaceful scene

“the rural idyll remains strongly evocative in most industrialized societies”

Question 6

hubris

Answer 6

excessive pride or self-confidence

“the self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s”

Question 7

purport

Answer 7

appear or claim to be or do sth, esp. falsely

“she is not the person she purports to be”

Question 8

devastation

Answer 8

destroy or ruin

“the floods caused widespread devastation”

Question 9

exact

Answer 9

adj) not approximated in any way; precise
verb) demand and obtain from s.o
ex: ecological devastation exacted by volcanoes, climate change, earthquakes