Renaissance Vocabulary

Question 1

Paradigm Shift

Answer 1

A change in the way one thinks

Question 2

Miasma

Answer 2

Bad air

Question 3

Usury

Answer 3

Lending money at an unfairly high rate

Question 4

Erudition/Erudite

Answer 4

Having a wealth of knowledge

Question 5

Eclectic

Answer 5

Deriving ideas or taste from a diverse range of sources

Question 6

Perfidious

Answer 6

Untrustworthy

Question 7

Parsimonious

Answer 7

Cheap, stingy, frugal

Question 8

Pariah

Answer 8

An outcast given a wide berth

Question 9

Fickle, Capricious

Answer 9

Indecisive, easily swayed

Question 10

Motif

Answer 10

A decorative design or pattern

Question 11

Ignominious

Answer 11

Deserving shame

Question 12

Gargantuan

Answer 12

Enormous

Question 13

Utopian

Answer 13

Idealistic

Question 14

Prodigious

Answer 14

Remarkably great

Question 15

Machinations

Answer 15

Plot or scheme

Question 16

Panacea

Answer 16

A reliable cure for a disease or problem

Question 17

Insidious

Answer 17

Stealthily treacherous or deceitful

Question 18

Regent

Answer 18

A ruler running a country due to a monarch’s incapacitation or age

Question 19

Pacifism

Answer 19

The belief that any violence is wrong

Question 20

Affable

Answer 20

Friendly, good-natured

Question 21

Posterity

Answer 21

Future generations

Question 22

Lecherous

Answer 22

Extreme sexual desire

Question 23

Cuckold

Answer 23

The husband of an adulterous wife

Question 24

Unrequited

Answer 24

Not returned

Question 25

Muse

Answer 25

An object of inspiration

Question 26

Hedonist

Answer 26

A seeker of pleasure

Question 27

Temporal

Answer 27

-Secular or -Relating to time

Question 28

Paragon

Answer 28

Someone or something regarded as a perfect example of something

Question 29

Subsistence Agriculture

Answer 29

Making just enough food to survive/Making food just for you and your family

Question 30

Anti-Semitism

Answer 30

Hatred or dislike of Jewish people

Question 31

Pogroms

Answer 31

Attacks on Jewish people

Question 32

Renaissance

Answer 32

A rebirth of culture

Question 33

Balance of Power

Answer 33

A way of keeping order between nations, where weaker ones align themselves with each other for protection from larger ones

Question 34

Oligarchy

Answer 34

Rule by a select few

Question 35

Diplomacy

Answer 35

Nations discussing matters rather than using force to prevent conflict