JOV Quiz Words Units 21-26

Question 1

Aerobic

Answer 1

Able to live or grow only in the presence of oxygen

Question 2

Animated

Answer 2

Alive; lively; spirited

Question 3

Biodegradable

Answer 3

Capable of being readily decomposed by living microorganisms

Question 4

Ecology

Answer 4

Interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

Question 5

Expatriate

Answer 5

One who lives in a foreign country

Question 6

Reclusive

Answer 6

Solitary; living in seclusion, apart from others; like a recluse

Question 7

Resuscitate

Answer 7

Revive from apparent death; restore to life

Question 8

Abyss

Answer 8

(literally, “without bottom”) Seemingly bottomless pit or gulf; chasm; anything immeasurably deep.

Question 9

Anesthesia

Answer 9

(literally, “without feeling”) partial or complete loss of the sense of pain, with or without loss of consciousness, artificially induced by drugs

Question 10

Anomaly

Answer 10

(literally, “not regular”) irregularity; departure from the common rule; abnormality

Question 11

Apolitical

Answer 11

Not connected with political matters; of no political significance; uninterested in politics

Question 12

Asymptomatic

Answer 12

Without evidence of disease; symptomless

Question 13

Atrophy

Answer 13

(literally, condition of being “without nourishment”) wasting away or decrease in size of a body organ or tissue

Question 14

Atypical

Answer 14

Not typical; irregular; abnormal

Question 15

Articulate

Answer 15

Capable of speech; able to express oneself effectively

Question 16

Cliche

Answer 16

Overused expression; trite phrase; platitude

Question 17

Euphemism

Answer 17

Mild expression substituted for one that may be harsh or unpleasant

Question 18

Palindrome

Answer 18

Any word, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward

Question 19

Pejorative

Answer 19

Having a derogatory meaning or effect; disparaging; downgrading

Question 20

Pun

Answer 20

Play on words having the same sound but different meanings; play on different meanings of the same word

Question 21

Understatement

Answer 21

Restrained statement in mocking contrast to what is warranted by the facts

Question 22

Achilles’ heel

Answer 22

Vulnerable spot or weak point

Question 23

Between Scylla and Charybdis

Answer 23

Between two equally difficult alternatives, neither of which can be avoided without incurring the other

Question 24

Catch-22

Answer 24

Paradox (contradiction) in an order or regulation that makes people victims of its

Question 25

Cry wolf

Answer 25

Give alarm without occasion; give a false alarm

Question 26

Last straw

Answer 26

Final test of patience or endurance

Question 27

Murphy’s Law

Answer 27

Satirical maxim stating that if anything can go wrong; it will

Question 28

Pandora’s box

Answer 28

Source of extensive unforeseen troubles

Question 29

Extrapolate

Answer 29

Estimate or infer unknown information by extending or projecting known information

Question 30

Hype

Answer 30

Exaggerated claims, especially in advertising; anything intended to mislead

Question 31

Insomniac

Answer 31

Person suffering from insomnia (prolonged and abnormal inability to obtain sufficient sleep)

Question 32

Mortify

Answer 32

Humiliate; subject to shame

Question 33

Precipitation

Answer 33

Amount of rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc., falling on an area in a specified period

Question 34

Subside

Answer 34

Become less intense; abate; wane

Question 35

Ubiquitous

Answer 35

Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

Question 36

Caveat emptor

Answer 36

Latin: “Let the buyer beware.” The buyer is at risk and the seller cannot be held responsible (except when there is a warranty)

Question 37

Eureka

Answer 37

Greek: “I have found (it).” This expression of triumph was allegedly made by Archimedes (287 - 212 B.C.) when he discovered a method for determining the purity of gold.

Question 38

Habeas corpus

Answer 38

Latin: “You shall have the body (in court).” First two words of a writ issued by a court, requiring a person detained against his or her will to be brought before the court to determine the lawfulness of that detention. A writ of habeas corpus is a citizen’s protection against illegal imprisonment

Question 39

Laissez-faire

Answer 39

French: “Let (people) do (as they choose).” (a) Policy of non-interference in the affairs of others; (b) theory that government should interfere as little as possible in economic affairs.

Question 40

Tempus fugit

Answer 40

Latin: “Time flies.”