List #15

Question 1

Bland-

Answer 1

1. non irritating, stimulating, or invigorating; dull
2. smooth or soothing in manner or quality
3. exhibiting no personal concern or embarrassment; unperturbed

Question 2

Climax-

Answer 2

1. the highest point; culmination
2. the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (in literature)
3. to bring to the highest point

Question 3

Didactic-

Answer 3

1. designed or intended to teach or instruct

2. making moral instructions

Question 4

Entreat-

Answer 4

1. to make an earnest request; plead

2. to negotiate with or persuade

Question 5

Filament-

Answer 5

1. a single thread or a thin, flexible, thread-like object, process or appendage
2. an elongated, thin series of cells attached to one another
3. a long, cylindrical cell

Question 6

Gregarious-

Answer 6

1. tending to associate with others of one’s kind; social
2. marked by or indicating a liking for companionship
3. of or relating to a social group

Question 7

Homicide-

Answer 7

1. a killing of one human to another

2. a person who kills another

Question 8

Indolence-

Answer 8

1. inclination to laziness

Question 9

Modicum-

Answer 9

1. a small portion; a limited quality

Question 10

Obliterate-

Answer 10

1. a) to remove utterly from recognition or memory b) to remove from existence : destroy utterly all trace, indication, or significance of c) to cause to disappear (as a bodily part or scar) or collapse (as a duct conveying bodily fluid)
2. to make indecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or wearing away

Question 11

Orthodox-

Answer 11

1. a) conforming to established doctrine esp. in religion b) conventional
2. of, relating to, or constituting any any of various conservative religious or political groups-
   a) Eastern Orthodox
   b) of or relating to Orthodox

Question 12

Pernicious-

Answer 12

1. highly injurious or destructive: deadly

Question 13

Radical-

Answer 13

1. of, relating to, and of proceeding from a root
2. of or relating to the origin; fundamental
3. a) MARKED BY A CONSIDERABLE DEPARTURE FROM THE USUAL OR TRADITIONAL; EXTREME b) tending or disposed to make extreme changes in existing views, habits, conditions, or instructions

Question 14

Satirical-

Answer 14

1. manifesting or given satire

use of humor or irony to expose people’s stupidity - usually political

Question 15

Sporadically-

Answer 15

1. occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances

Question 16

Stagnation-

Answer 16

1. a) not flowing in a current or stream (water) b) stale

2. not advancing or developing

Question 17

Squalor-

Answer 17

1. the quality or state of being squalid
2. marked my filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty
3. sordid

Question 18

Subsequent-

Answer 18

1. at a time later or more recent than

Question 19

Transcend-

Answer 19

1. a) to rise above or go beyond the limits of b) to triumph over the negative or restrictive aspects of
2. to outstrip or out do in some attribute, quality, or power
3. to rise above or extend notably beyond some ordinary limit

Question 20

Truculently-

Answer 20

1. feeling or displaying ferocity
2. deadly, destructive
3. scathingly harsh
4. aggressively self-assertive

Question 21

Unkempt-

Answer 21

1. deficient in order or neatness

2. not combed

Question 22

Unperturbed-

Answer 22

1. not perturbed
2. to not be disturbed greatly in the mind
3. to not throw into confusion

Question 23

Untenable-

Answer 23

1. not able to be defended

2. not able to be occupied

Question 24

Vociferous-

Answer 24

1. marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry

Question 25

Acute-

Answer 25

1. characterized by sharpness or severity
2. ending in a sharp point
3. marked by keen discernment of subtle distinctions; subtle
4. being or forming an angle less than 90 degrees