Lessons 19-20

Question 1

appellation

Answer 1

n. name other than a legal name that is descriptive of a person or thing

Question 2

conjugal

Answer 2

adj. of or related to the married state of a married person

Question 3

didatic

Answer 3

adj. concerned with teaching or instruction; too inclined to teach or moralize

Question 4

efflorescence

Answer 4

n. process of reaching a peak of development or of coming into flower
(efflorescent) adj. having the quality of efflorescene

Question 5

effulgence

Answer 5

n. radiance; splendor; brilliance

Question 6

genre

Answer 6

n. kind, sort, or category, often used to classify an artistic composition

Question 7

exegesis

Answer 7

n. critical explanation or interpretation

Question 8

limn

Answer 8

v. draw or paint; describe or depict

Question 9

miscreant

Answer 9

n. villain or criminal

Question 10

mordant

Answer 10

adj. sharp and penetrating in manner or style; trenchant

Question 11

mores

Answer 11

n. pl. accepted customs, attitudes, or manners of a group; morally binding ways of a particular group

Question 12

nemesis

Answer 12

n. formidable, usually victorious, rival; one who inflicts punishment or retribution

Question 13

peccadillo

Answer 13

n. minor fault; petty offense

Question 14

prolix

Answer 14

adj. given to using excessive words; long and drawn out

(prolixity) n. wordiness

Question 15

taciturn

Answer 15

adj. reluctant to talk; habitually silent

(taciturnity) n. quality of speaking very in frequently

Question 16

despoil

Answer 16

v. strip of belongings or worth

Question 17

educe

Answer 17

v. conclude from given facts; work out through reasoning

Question 18

equable

Answer 18

adj. not varying; steady; not easily disturbed; serene

Question 19

happenstance

Answer 19

n. circumstance due to chance

Question 20

insular

Answer 20

adj. relating to an island or island people; resistant to new or different ideas

Question 21

mayhem

Answer 21

n. deliberate and willful infliction of violent injury or destruction; chaos

Question 22

parlous

Answer 22

adj. fraught with uncertainty, risk, or danger

Question 23

pellucid

Answer 23

adj. extremely clear; transparent; expressed simply; easily understood

Question 24

preclude

Answer 24

v. make impossible; prevent

Question 25

propinquity

Answer 25

n. closeness in position

Question 26

rapacious

Answer 26

adj. taking without restraint; greedy or grasping

Question 27

schism

Answer 27

n. division in a group due to discord

Question 28

sublimate

Answer 28

v. redirect one’s impulses or instincts to a more socially acceptable expression

Question 29

talisman

Answer 29

n. object believed to have magical powers

Question 30

terrestrial

Answer 30

adj. relating to the earth or its inhabitants; of or relating to land, as opposed to water