Dubliners Introduction Set 1

Question 1

Impecunious (adj)

Answer 1

Having no money, penniless; in want of money.

Question 2

Pusillanimity(n)

Answer 2

The quality or character of being pusillanimous; lack of courage or fortitude; cowardice, faint-heartedness; an instance of this.

Question 3

Burgeoning (n+adj)

Answer 3

N. The action of budding or sprouting: also figurative. Adj. That buds or sprouts.

Question 4

Burgeon (v)

Answer 4

intransitive. To bud or sprout; to begin to grow. Also Figurative.

Question 5

Aegis(n)

Answer 5

1. Classical Mythology. A shield, piece of defensive armour, or garment carried or worn by Zeus (Jupiter) or Athene (Minerva); (also) a carved or painted representation of this.
2. figurative. Originally: a protection or impregnable defence. Subsequently: the backing or support of a person or thing.

Question 6

Edifice(n)

Answer 6

A building, usually a large and stately building, as a church, palace, temple, or fortress; a fabric, structure. Also figurative.

Question 7

Salubrious (adj)

Answer 7

Favourable or conducive to health.

Question 8

Environ (n+v)

Answer 8

N. In plural. The areas surrounding a place (frequently an urban area); one’s surroundings.
V. To form a ring round, surround, encircle. To surround or encompass.

Question 9

Matriculate(v)

Answer 9

transitive (usually in passive). To enter (a name) in the register of a university, college, etc.; (now) esp. to admit as a member of a university, college, etc. Also figurative.

Question 10

Auspicious (adj)

Answer 10

Ominous, esp. of good omen, betokening success, giving promise of a favourable issue.