Lessons 9-10

Question 1

cautionary

Answer 1

adj. offering or serving as a warning

Question 2

constrain

Answer 2

v. confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity

(constraint) n. restriction or limitation

Question 3

flotilla

Answer 3

n. fleet of boats or small ships

Question 4

gosssamer

Answer 4

n. thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze; fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb
adj. light and delicate as a cobweb

Question 5

ignomious

Answer 5

adj. marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace

Question 6

incur

Answer 6

v. bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as a debt

Question 7

liquidate

Answer 7

v. settle the affairs of a business; convert into cash; get rid of; kill or destroy

Question 8

magnate

Answer 8

n. important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business

Question 9

misnomer

Answer 9

n. name that does not fit

Question 10

onerous

Answer 10

adj. burdensome; oppresive

Question 11

pandemonium

Answer 11

n. state or place of great confusion or uproar

Question 12

quixotic

Answer 12

adj. romantic and idealistic, but impractical

Question 13

tenacious

Answer 13

adj. holding fast; persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual

Question 14

vestige

Answer 14

n. trace of something that once was present

Question 15

zephyr

Answer 15

n. light; gentle breeze

Question 16

attest

Answer 16

v. declare or be evidence of something as true, genuine, or accurate

Question 17

axiom

Answer 17

n. statement or principle that requires no proof because its truth is obvious

Question 18

churlish

Answer 18

adj. lacking good manners; rude, impolite

Question 19

concoct

Answer 19

v. make up, prepare, or invent

Question 20

derivative

Answer 20

n. something that grows out of or results from an earlier form or condition
adj. based on what has gone before; lacking originality

Question 21

differentiate

Answer 21

v. see the difference; distinguish; be or make different

Question 22

disparage

Answer 22

v. criticize in a negative, disrespectful manner

Question 23

dissipate

Answer 23

v. break up and spread out so thinly as to disappear; scatter or be scattered; spend or use foolishly

Question 24

esoteric

Answer 24

adj. not generally known or understood; familiar to only a relatively small number of people

Question 25

olfactory

Answer 25

adj. relating to the sense of smell

Question 26

plethora

Answer 26

n. too great a number; excess

Question 27

refurbish

Answer 27

v. make like new; renovate

Question 28

secrete

Answer 28

v. produce and give off

Question 29

vagary

Answer 29

n. departure from the normal, expected course; whim or unpredictable action

Question 30

volatile

Answer 30

adj. evaporating quickly; changing readily; explosive; unpredictable