Lesson 9 Modern Meanings

Question 1

politic

Answer 1

seeming sensible and judicious under the circumstances

Question 2

periodontist

Answer 2

the branch of dentistry concerned with the structures surrounding and supporting the teeth

Question 3

demagogue

Answer 3

a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument

Question 4

neologist

Answer 4

a newly coined word or expression

Question 5

ballistic

Answer 5

of or relating to projectiles or their flight