New Words

Question 1

marauding

Answer 1

Going about in search of things to steal or people to attack.

Question 2

sensationalist

Answer 2

A person who presents stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy.

Question 3

stewardship

Answer 3

The job of supervising or taking care of something, such as an organization or property.

Question 4

robust

Answer 4

Strong and healthy; vigorous

Question 5

lineages

Answer 5

Lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

Question 6

culling

Answer 6

Reduction of a wild animal population by selective slaughter.

Question 7

rhetoric

Answer 7

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

Question 8

condemnation

Answer 8

The expression of very strong disapproval; censure.

Question 9

conformation

Answer 9

The shape or structure of something, especially an animal.

Question 10

unsavoury

Answer 10

Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at.

Question 11

pariahs

Answer 11

An outcast.

Question 12

etymology

Answer 12

The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

Question 13

disdained

Answer 13

Consider to be unworthy of one’s consideration.

Question 14

decadence

Answer 14

Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.

Question 15

theologian

Answer 15

A person who engages or is an expert in theology.

Question 16

theology

Answer 16

The study of the nature of God and religious belief.

Question 17

bastion

Answer 17

A projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions.

Question 18

formidable

Answer 18

Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.

Question 19

adherents

Answer 19

Someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.

Question 20

ascetics

Answer 20

A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention.

Question 21

conspicuous

Answer 21

Standing out so as to be clearly visible.

Question 22

bandy

Answer 22

Pass on or discuss (an idea or rumor) in a casual or uninformed way.

Question 23

goaded

Answer 23

Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction.

Question 24

umbrage

Answer 24

Offense or annoyance.

Question 25

spectre

Answer 25

A ghost.

Question 26

unsightly

Answer 26

Unpleasant to look at; ugly.

Question 27

codified

Answer 27

Arrange (laws or rules) into a systematic code.

Question 28

vernacular

Answer 28

The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

Question 29

autonomous

Answer 29

(of a country or region) having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs.

Question 30

castration

Answer 30

The removal of the testicles of a male animal or man.

Question 31

scrounging

Answer 31

Seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth.

Question 32

solitary

Answer 32

Done or existing alone.

Question 33

noxious

Answer 33

Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

Question 34

Anthropocene

Answer 34

Relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.

Question 35

whizzing

Answer 35

Move quickly through the air with a whistling or whooshing sound.

Question 36

entails

Answer 36

Involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.

Question 37

ethos

Answer 37

The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.

Question 38

persecuted

Answer 38

Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or their political beliefs.