Dubliners Introduction Set 2

Question 1

Prudery(n)

Answer 1

Prudish behaviour, attitudes, or character; extreme or affected modesty, demureness, or propriety, esp. in relation to sexual matters.

Question 2

Pusillanimous (adj)

Answer 2

Of a person: lacking in courage or strength of purpose; faint-hearted, craven, cowardly.

Question 3

Peregrination (n)

Answer 3

Pilgrimage, but also general travel on foot.

Question 4

Concomitant (adj +n)

Answer 4

Adj. Going together, accompanying, concurrent, attendant.

N. An attendant state, quality, circumstance, or thing; an accompaniment.

Question 5

Proprietorial (adj)

Answer 5

Of or relating to a proprietor; characteristic of or resembling a proprietor or owner; possessive.

Question 6

Accede(v)

Answer 6

1. intransitive. To join with something or somebody else; to become part of or adapted to something; to give support.
2. To assume a position or role.

Question 7

Inequitable (adj)

Answer 7

Not equitable; characterized by want of equity or fairness; unfair, unjust.

Question 8

Exiguous (adj)

Answer 8

Very small in size or amount; diminutive, minute; (also) very few in number, scanty, scarce.

Question 9

Venal (adj)

Answer 9

: 1. Of blood relating to or within the veins.

2. Of things that can be acquired by purchase – positions, objects.

Question 10

Fiscal (adj +n)

Answer 10

Adj. Of or pertaining to the fisc or treasury of a state or prince; pertaining to the public revenue.
2. The title of an official.