lesson 19-21

Question 1

abrogate

Answer 1

verb. to abolish or annul by authority; cancel

Question 2

acquisition

Answer 2

noun. a. the act or process of gaining possession b. something gained, especially an addition to an established category or group

Question 3

conquistador

Answer 3

noun. a conquerer, especially one of the spanish conquerors of mexico and peru in the sixteenth century

Question 4

inquisitive

Answer 4

adj. a. eager to learn; curious b. unduly curious; prying

Question 5

perquisite

Answer 5

noun. a. a payment or profit received in addition to a regular wage or salary; especially a benefit expected as one’s due b. a tip c. something claimed as an exclusive right

Question 6

presage

Answer 6

trans verb. a. to indicate or warn of in advance b. to foretell or predict
intrans verb. to make or utter a prediction
noun. a. an indication or warning of a future occurrence; omen
b. a feeling or intuition of what is going to occur

Question 7

quest

Answer 7

the act of seeking or pursuing something; search

Question 8

requisite

Answer 8

adj. required; essential

noun. something that is required or essential

Question 9

sagacity

Answer 9

noun. keenness of perception; soundness of judgment; wisdom

Question 10

surrogate

Answer 10

noun. someone or something that takes place of another; substitute
adj. substitute

Question 11

abeyance

Answer 11

noun. the condition of being temporarily left aside; suspension

Question 12

abstemious

Answer 12

adj. a. sparing, especially in the use of food and drink; moderate; temperate b. restricted to bare necessities; very plain

Question 13

circuitous

Answer 13

adj. being or taking a round about, lengthy course; indirect b. not being forthright in language or action

Question 14

circumvent

Answer 14

trans verb. a. to avoid by or as if passing around b. to overcome or get the better of by artful maneuvering; outwit

Question 15

elude

Answer 15

verb. to escape from, as by artfulness, cunning or daring b. to escape the understanding of; baffle

Question 16

eschew

Answer 16

trans ver. to avoid habitually, especially on moral or practical grounds; shun; abstain from

Question 17

evasion

Answer 17

noun. a. the act of escaping or avoiding by cleverness or deceit; dodging b. a means of evading; a trick or excuse used to avoid something

Question 18

malinger

Answer 18

intrans verb. to pretend to be ill or injured in order to avoid duty or work

Question 19

oblique

Answer 19

adj. a. indirect; not straight forward b. Devious, misleading, or dishonest c. having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined: oblique angle

Question 20

shirk

Answer 20

trans verb. to neglect, put off, or avoid discharging

Question 21

banal

Answer 21

adj. lacking freshness or originality; trite

Question 22

emulate

Answer 22

trans verb. to strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation

Question 23

mimicry

Answer 23

noun. a close copying or imitation of the speech, expression, or gesture of another; close resemblance

Question 24

platitude

Answer 24

noun. a trite remart or statement

Question 25

prototype

Answer 25

noun. a. an original type, form, or instance that serves as a model on which later stages are based or judged b. an early and typical example

Question 26

recapitulate

Answer 26

trans verb. to repeat in concise form

Question 27

redundant

Answer 27

adj. a. exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous b. repeating the same idea, usually in different words; wordy

Question 28

rendition

Answer 28

noun. a. an interpretation of a musical score or dramatic piece b. a performance of a musical or dramatic work

Question 29

sham

Answer 29

noun. a. something false or empty that is supposed to be genuine b. the quality of deceitfulness; empty pretense c. a person who assumes a false character; impostor adj. not genuine; fake

Question 30

simulation

Answer 30

noun. the taking on of the appearance, form, or sound of something else; an imitation