Lessons 3 & 4

Question 1

Excerpt

Answer 1

1. A passage selected from a book, play, piece of music, etc.
2. To take a passage from a book, etc.; to quote.

Question 2

Exonerate

Answer 2

1. To free from blame
2. To relieve of a task

Question 3

Exposition

Answer 3

1. A precise statement or explanation
2. A public show or exhibit

Question 4

Expound

Answer 4

To set forth an explanation or view of something in detail

Question 5

Impose

Answer 5

1. to set up, or to force something (or oneself) on others
2. to take unfair advantage of someone

Question 6

Proponent

Answer 6

Someone who argues in favor of something

Question 7

Extrovert

Answer 7

A person chiefly interested in things outside the self, directing thoughts outward rather inward

Question 8

Medium

Answer 8

1. A substance or element through which something is transmitted.
2. A person thought to have communication with the spirits of the dead.

Question 9

Subsequent

Answer 9

Coming after or later

Question 10

Exhilarate

Answer 10

To cheer; to stimulate; to enliven

Question 11

Exorbitant

Answer 11

Excessive

Question 12

Compound

Answer 12

1. to mix together, to combine two or more parts or elements
2. a combination of elements, parts, or substances

Question 13

Imposter

Answer 13

One who deceives by using a false identity

Question 14

Extraneous

Answer 14

1. Coming from outside; foreign
2. Not essential or vital

Question 15

Sequester

Answer 15

1. To go into hiding; to seek solitude.
2. To isolate.

Question 16

Obsequious

Answer 16

Excessively willing to yield to others

Question 17

Non Sequitur

Answer 17

A statement that does not follow logically from evidence

Question 18

Mediocrity

Answer 18

The condition of being commonplace or ordinary, somewhere in the middle between high and low; a very ordinary person

Question 19

Mediate

Answer 19

To act as an negotiator between opposing sides in a dispute

Question 20

Extraterrestrial

Answer 20

outside or originating outside the limits of the earth’s atmosphere