Set 5 vocab (2.5-2.7)

Question 1

nominal

Answer 1

(adj) insignificant, existing/being something in name or form only

Question 2

castigate

Answer 2

(v) to subject to severe punishment

Question 3

picayune

Answer 3

(adj) not valuable, petty, small-minded

Question 4

conflagraton

Answer 4

(n) large/disastrous fire; conflict in war

Question 5

pertinacity

Answer 5

(n) adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, design; stubbornly tenacious

Question 6

poetaster

Answer 6

(n) inferior or bad poet

Question 7

callow

Answer 7

(n) immature

Question 8

beatify

Answer 8

(v) to make extremely happy, to declare to be among the blessed

Question 9

bellicose

Answer 9

(adj) favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars

Question 10

calumny

Answer 10

(n) misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation, defamation

Question 11

antilog

Answer 11

(n) contradiction in terms/ideas that cannot resolve itself - self-contradictory

Question 12

archetype

Answer 12

(n) original pattern/model; a perfect example