Lesson 1-Vocab

Question 1

A person who assists in some religions services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assists, a follower

Answer 1

Acolyte

Question 2

given to the consumption of alcoholic drinks

Answer 2

bibulous

Question 3

to grow together; to unite to form a whole

Answer 3

coalesce

Question 4

not openly acknowledged; secret

Answer 4

covert

Question 5

to recite something in the style of a public speech; to speak in a loud, theatrical way

Answer 5

declaim

Question 6

to describe vividly and in detail

Answer 6

delineate

Question 7

a leader who seeks power by appealing to people’s emotions and prejudices and by making false claims and promises

Answer 7

demagogue

Question 8

an expression of warm and enthusiastic praise; a tribute

Answer 8

encomium

Question 9

resistant to persuasion; inflexible

Answer 9

obdurate

Question 10

foresight; knowledge beforehand of events

Answer 10

prescience

Question 11

the chief character in a drama or story

Answer 11

protagonist

Question 12

completed with careful perseverance; dilligent

Answer 12

sedulous

Question 13

expresses with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly perceptive

Answer 13

trenchant

Question 14

a place or state of perfect social political conditions

Answer 14

utopic

Question 15

a farewell address, especially one given at a graduation ceremony

Answer 15

valedictory