Semester two; vocab #12

Question 1

Vis-a-vis

Answer 1

face-to-face

Question 2

Sacrosanct

Answer 2

most sacred or holy : inviolable

Question 3

Nemesis

Answer 3

a formidable and usually victorious rival or opponent

Question 4

Desecrate

Answer 4

treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate

Question 5

Aesthetic

Answer 5

concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement

Question 6

Ephemeral

Answer 6

lasting for a very short time

an ephemeral plant

Question 7

Apogee

Answer 7

the farthest or highest point : culmination

Question 8

Flocculent

Answer 8

soft and looking like wool: a flocculent white blossom. composed of or containing small pieces of something

Question 9

Habiliments

Answer 9

characteristic apparatus : trappings

Question 10

Hegemony

Answer 10

preponderant influence or authority over others: domination

Question 11

Pragmatic

Answer 11

dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations

Question 12

Bipartite

Answer 12

involving or made by two separate parties

Question 13

Salutary

Answer 13

(especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial

Question 14

Bacchanal

Answer 14

a crazed party with drunken revelry, ecstatic sexual experimentation, and wild music

Question 15

Flaccid

Answer 15

soft and limp; not firm; flabby