English Vocab 5

Question 1

Capitalism (n)

Answer 1

An economic system based on private ownership, private decisions, and open competition in a free market

Question 2

Capitulate (v)

Answer 2

to surrender or stop resisting; give up

Question 3

Decapitate (v)

Answer 3

(1) to cut off the head; beheaded (2) to destroy or make useless

Question 4

Recapitulate (v)

Answer 4

to repeat to summarize the most important points or stages

Question 5

Anthropoid (n)

Answer 5

any of several large, tailless apes

Question 6

anthropology (n)

Answer 6

the science and study of human beings

Question 7

Misanthropic (adj.)

Answer 7

hating or distrusting

Question 8

Lycanthropy (n)

Answer 8

(1) a delusion that tone has become a wolf
(2) Transformation into a wolf through witchcraft or magic

Question 9

Kinesiology (n)

Answer 9

the scientific study of human movement

Question 10

hyperkinetic (adj)

Answer 10

characterized by fast-paced or frantic activity

Question 11

Kinescope (n)

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a motion picture made from an image on a picture tube

Question 12

Telekinesis (n)

Answer 12

The movement of objects without contact or other physical means

Question 13

Dynamic (adj.)

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(1) relating to physical force or energy (2) continuously and productively active and changing; energetic or forceful

Question 14

Dynamo (n)

Answer 14

a power generator, especially one that produces direct electric current; a forceful, energetic person

Question 15

Aerodynamics (n/adj.)

Answer 15

(1) a science that studies the movement of gases such as air and the way that objects move through such gasses (2) the qualities of an object that affect how easily it is able to move through air

Question 16

Hydrodynamic (adj.)

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having to do with the science that studies fluids and the forces that act on bodies surrounded by fluids

Question 17

Gradation (n)

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a serious made up of successive stages; a step in an ordered scale

Question 18

Degrade (v)

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to treat someone or something poorly and without respect; to make the quality of something worse

Question 19

Gradient (n)

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a continuous change in measure, activity, or substance

Question 20

Retrograde (adj.)

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moving or performed in a direction that is backward or opposite to the usual directions or towards a worse or earlier state

Question 21

Regimen (n)

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a regular course of treatment, usually involving food, exercise, or medicine

Question 22

Interregnum (n)

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the time period during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes; a period during which the normal functions of government or control are suspended

Question 23

Regalia (n)

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the emblems and symbols of royalty

Question 24

Regency (n)

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a government or period of time in which a regent rules

Question 25

Criterion (n)

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a standard by which a judgement or decision is made

Question 26

Critique (n)

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a judgment or evaluation, especially a rating or discussion of merits and faults

Question 27

Hypercritical (adj.)

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overly critical

Question 28

hematocrit (n)

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the ration of the volume of red blood cells to whole blood

Question 29

Jurisprudence (n)

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a system of law; the study and philosophy of law

Question 30

abjure (v)

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to reject formally

Question 31

Perjury (n)

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the crime of telling a lie under oath

Question 32

de jure (adj.)

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based on or according to the law

Question 33

pentathlon (n)

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an athletic contest in which each athlete competes in five different events

Question 34

Pentateuch (n)

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the first five books of the Old Testament, written by Moses

Question 35

pentameter (n)

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a line of poetry consisting of five metrical feet

Question 36

pentecostal (adj.)

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of or relating to any of various fundamental sects that stress personal experience of God and vocal expression in worship

Question 37

quincentennial (adj.)

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a 500th anniversary, or the celebration of such an event

Question 38

quintessential (adj.)

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representing the purest or most perfect example of

Question 39

quintile (adj.)

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one or another of the values that divide a tested population i into five evenly distributed classes, or one of these classes

Question 40

quintet (n)

Answer 40

a musical piece for five instruments or voices; a group of five such performances or a basketball team