Set 12- TC - 8 and 9 / RC

Question 1

Prescient (adj.)

Answer 1

The investment on the firm’s website appeared to be a prescient business decision, with online orders surging due to the pandemic.
(having foreknowledge, able to predict the future.)

Question 2

Magisterial (adj.)

Answer 2

The inauguration is a magisterial sign of the peaceful transfer of power and a chance for Biden to set the tone of his presidency.
His magisterial work on the American history answers most of your questions.
Magisterial permission is necessary for any public gathering.
He called the maid in a magisterial voice that immediately sent shivers down the poor girl’s spine.
(grand - bossy - through)

Question 3

Draconian (adj.)

Answer 3

Some people see the lockdown as a draconian measure that violates individuals’ rights. I on the other hand completely disagree with this point of view.
Draconian measures set by the government to control the population growth.
(serious and strict)

Question 4

Rapacious (adj.)

Answer 4

The basic logic is to prevent companies from being so rapacious that they start abusing their workers.
Once a particularly rapacious Japanese army occupied china and razed many houses in the way.
(voracious - greedy - out to devour)

Question 5

Profess (v.)

Answer 5

After he professed his love for “money heist”, the Brazilian soccer player made a cameo in the third season.
Although she professed a fear of public speaking, she became one of the most unyielding voices of the country’s civil rights movement.
(claiming that you have a quality or a feeling usually when that is not the case.)

Question 6

Flighty (adj.)

Answer 6

He plays the role of a New Yorker who spends his days composing music for flighty singers and his nights partying himself to a stupor.
fickle and irresponsible - changeable and mercurial

Question 7

Chauvinistic (adj.)

Answer 7

North Korea is one of the most male chauvinistic societies in the world, but bloodline supplemented by status in the labor party supersedes gender.
Ivey league is steeped in values of the ruling class and plagued by the chauvinistic uniformity of thought.
(racist and sexist, superiority of gender and race)

Question 8

Withstand (v.)

Answer 8

Resilience means the ability to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties, it doesn’t mean life is not hard. it means we keep going and living despite difficulties.
(hold up - stay firm in the face of adversity)

Question 9

Loquacious (adj.)

Answer 9

Even the loquacious Mr. Smith was unnaturally quiet that evening.
(talkative)

Question 10

influx (n.)(c.)

Answer 10

The gigantic influx of women cyclist was probably the most abstruse and dramatic social consequence of the mid-1980s cycling boom.
(arrival of a large number of people money etc.)

Question 11

idle (adj.)

Answer 11

Go wake up that idle brother of yours! he has been taking a 14 hour nap!
my financial situation does not allow me to leave the land lay idle.
they did not consider cycling as an idle pastime.
(lazy - not producing anything - not serving a serious purpose)

Question 12

Cohort (n.)(c.)

Answer 12

Mark and his cohorts cheated jack out of a fortune.
Baby boomers are the largest American cohort alive today.
(a group of friends that show (toxic) loyalty and brotherhood - دار و دسته)
(a group of people at the same age usually when they are being studied.)

Question 13

Satire (n.)(c.)(uc.)

Answer 13

The south Korean satire, parasite, won the academy award for best movie.
Satire is a glass in which everyone sees others’ faces but his own.

Question 14

Pastiche (n.)(c.)

Answer 14

Despite the obvious Winehouse influence, Adele imprints enough of her style to make sure the piece is not considered pastiche.
the track was a pastiche - part rap song, part sound effect, part comic sketch.
(1. a piece, writing, music etc. in somebody else’s style.
2. a medley of music / a piece made of other pieces put together.)

Question 15

chronicle (n.)(c.)

Answer 15

A chronicle of his life during the war years starts with him joining the army in 1980, and ends with his death in 1987. a year before the notorious war came to an end.
(a description of events written in the order they happened.)

Question 16

Parody (n.)(c.)

Answer 16

Cruelty is the worst emotion on the face, a hurried parody of joy.
Last month Valentine sang a parody of the Beatle’s song “taxman” called the “vacxman” which seemed to mock vaccines.

Question 17

Equitable (adj.)

Answer 17

Following a disaster, the most important task is to ensure the equitable distribution of aid.
in firms with limited resources, the distribution of those resources is rarely equitable and mostly relies on political activity.
(fair)

Question 18

Apropos (adv.)

Answer 18

At one point, apropos of nothing (by the way), she looked at me and asked where my mother was.
the song feels right, apropos to a midnight walk with a good old friend.
(regarding to appropriate for)

Question 19

Cagey (adj.)

Answer 19

She was cagey about the details of her experience with Weinstein.
Lincoln was cagey about his actions and sometimes deliberately misleading with his words.
(secretive, not open)

Question 20

Churlish (adj.)

Answer 20

It would be churlish not to accept his invitation after all his help.
Aides said that Trump was usually gregarious and charming, rather than displaying that churlish demeanor he sometimes showed in the west wing’s meetings.

Question 21

plagiarism (n.)(uc.)

Answer 21

The journal has taken draconic measures to detect plagiarism.
an accusation of plagiarism can easily destroy a scholar’s reputation.
(showing work of others as your own.)

Question 22

Courteous (adj.)

Answer 22

He was being courteous and welcoming, but there was an edge to his manner that made us put up our guards.
The staff in this restaurant are courteous and well mannered.
(polite and deferential)

Question 23

Truculent (adj.)

Answer 23

A truculent man who beats up his wife quite everyday.
a truculent letter that stated the Russia-America relationship has been going through its worst period since the cold war.
(belligerent, hostile, aggressive, pugnacious)

Question 24

Stave off (v.)

Answer 24

only herd immunity can help the country stave off another deadly wave.
sometimes there is no antibiotics to stave off the infection but Jack was lucky.
(avert, avoid, prevent the occurrence of)

Question 25

Evanescent (adj.)

Answer 25

Talk is evanescent but writing leaves footprint.

temporary, ephemeral, transient

Question 26

illusory (adj.)

Answer 26

the sense that government actions have been liberated from the tyranny of finance was illusory.
it would be illusory to idealize the countryside as a picture-perfect heaven of tranquility.
(not real)