NEO 55

Question 1

ephemeral

Answer 1

lasting for only a short time:
example:Some Paleolithic artwork was ephemeral—only six
examples of open-air engravings survive—but the fine-art engravings and paintings that decorate caves were made to last and did last

Question 2

comparison

Answer 2

the act of comparing two or more people or things:
example: available for comparison to people who had some notion of historical time and were developing a sense
of their ancestry

Question 3

notion

Answer 3

a belief or idea:
example: available for comparison to people who had some notion of historical time and were developing a sense
of their ancestry

Question 4

conjecture

Answer 4

conclusion based on guess
example: . The conjecture, therefore, is that artists usually worked by torchlight.

Question 5

scaffolding

Answer 5

a structure of metal poles and wooden boards put against a building for workers to stand on when they want to reach the higher parts of the building:
example: others required elaborate scaffolding, no different in principle

Question 6

sheer

Answer 6

(of size or weight) very large:
example: The sheer scale of the art is daunting

Question 7

daunting

Answer 7

tending to overwhelm or intimidate
example: The sheer scale of the art is daunting

Question 8

betray

Answer 8

SHOW, INDICATE
example: is betrayed by sockets cut into the walls, but assistants.

Question 9

fabricated

Answer 9

to produce a product, especially in an industrial process:
example: where important works were fabricated and artists trained

Question 10

collective

Answer 10

of or shared by every member of a group of people:
example: that artists needed the collective support of something very like a studio

Question 11

humanoids

Answer 11

a machine or creature with the appearance and qualities of a human
example: as humanoids and abstractions or signs

Question 12

interlocking

Answer 12

firmly joined together, especially by one part fitting into another:
example: These interlocking galleries, unfolding one by one

Question 13

monumental

Answer 13

very big:

Question 14

oscillating

Answer 14

to move repeatedly from one position to another:
example: The art is both detailed and monumental, oscillating designedly between simplification and elaboration, between stasis and extreme dynamism.

Question 15

stasis

Answer 15

a state that does not change:
example: The art is both detailed and monumental, oscillating designedly between simplification and elaboration, between stasis and extreme dynamism.

Question 16

dynamism

Answer 16

the quality of being dynamic:
example: The art is both detailed and monumental, oscillating designedly between simplification and elaboration, between stasis and extreme dynamism.

Question 17

rendering

Answer 17

to give in return or retribution
example: observation over many years and of self-discipline in rendering that suggests a long apprenticeship and extensive stud

Question 18

apprenticeship

Answer 18

a period of time working as an apprentice
apprentice: someone who has agreed to work for a skilled person for a particular period of time and often for low payment, in order to learn that person’s skills:
example: observation over many years and of self-discipline in rendering that suggests a long apprenticeship and extensive stud

Question 19

comparatively

Answer 19

as compared to something else:
example: Fat, for example, yields
comparatively high amounts of metabolic water

Question 20

blunt

Answer 20

having an edge or point that is not sharp
example: that becomes the air cell at the blunt