History words

Question 1

draconian

Answer 1

very strict laws and rules

Question 2

laconic

Answer 2

very concise

brief

Question 3

succinct

Answer 3

very concise

brief

Question 4

terse

Answer 4

very concise

brief

Question 5

spartan

Answer 5

plain and simple

Question 6

halcyon

Answer 6

idyllically calm and tranquil

Question 7

sophistry

Answer 7

a deliberately misleading argument

Question 8

chimerical

Answer 8

a fantastic scheme, unchecked imagination

Question 9

ostracize

Answer 9

to deliberately exclude from a group

Question 10

impecunious

Answer 10

poor, penniless, not affluent

Question 11

nefarious

Answer 11

extremely wicked

Question 12

jovial

Answer 12

good-humored

cheerful

Question 13

jocular

Answer 13

good-humored

cheerful

Question 14

dirge

Answer 14

a funeral hymn

mournful music

Question 15

maudlin

Answer 15

excessively sentimental

Question 16

quixotic

Answer 16

foolishly impractical

Question 17

pandemonium

Answer 17

a wild uproar, tumult

Question 18

martinet

Answer 18

a strict disciplinarian

Question 19

fiasco

Answer 19

a complete failure

Question 20

debacle

Answer 20

a complete failure

Question 21

bowdlerize

Answer 21

to remove or delete objectionable parts of a book

Question 22

galvanize

Answer 22

to electrify, stir into action

Question 23

picayune

Answer 23

something of small value, petty, trifling

Question 24

gerrymander

Answer 24

to divide a district so as to give one side an advantage

Question 25

maverick

Answer 25

an independent person

Question 26

juggernaut

Answer 26

a irresistible force

Question 27

serendipity

Answer 27

an accidental but fortunate discovery

Question 28

zenith

Answer 28

the highest point

Question 29

apex

Answer 29

the highest point

Question 30

nadir

Answer 30

the lowest point