Dubliners Introduction Set 3

Question 1

Turpitude(n)

Answer 1

Base or shameful character; baseness, vileness; depravity, wickedness. With a, an instance of this.

Question 2

Augury (n)

Answer 2

1. The practice of predicting the future, revealing hidden truths, or obtaining guidance in future affairs on the basis of the observation and interpretation of natural signs (such as the behaviour of birds or celestial phenomena), the examination of animal entrails, etc.; divination, prognostication, soothsaying.
2. An omen or portent pertaining to the future.

Question 3

Ameliorate(v)

Answer 3

transitive. To make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. Also: to reduce the impact or severity of (something negative or unpleasant); to mitigate, alleviate, soften. To improve.

Question 4

Abstentionist (n + adj)

Answer 4

N. A person who refrains from exercising his or her vote

Adj. Characterized by the practise or support of political abstention; (also) of or relating to such abstention.

Question 5

Cogent (adj)

Answer 5

1. Constraining, impelling; powerful, forcible.

2. Having the power to compel.

Question 6

Fulminate(v)

Answer 6

1. Senses relating to censure or condemnation.

2. Senses relating to lightning, explosion, etc.

Question 7

Egregious (adj)

Answer 7

1. In a positive sense ; Of a person, or his or her qualities: distinguished, eminent; great, renowned. Good quality objects.
2. In a negative sense. Conspicuously bad or wrong; blatant, flagrant; (later also) outrageous, offensive.

Question 8

Vitiate (adj + v)

Answer 8

Adj. Vitiated, depraved, infected, spoiled.

V. transitive. To render incomplete, imperfect, or faulty; to impair or spoil.

Question 9

Poetaster(n)

Answer 9

An inferior poet; a writer of poor or trashy verse; a mere versifier.

Question 10

Exegetical (adj)

Answer 10

Adj. Of a phrase, sentence, etc.: relating to or of the nature of an exegesis