Tutor vocab- Group 3

Question 1

Cynic

Answer 1

n

one who believes humans are esstentially selfish

F: cynical (ad)-distrustful of the goodwill of others

cynicism (n)-belief that everyone is esentially selfish

Question 2

usurper

Answer 2

n

one who forcibly takes a position of power

F: usurp (v) to take power by force

usurpation (n) act of usurping

Question 3

Hedonist

Answer 3

n

one who pursues personal pleasure

F: hedonism (n)- the pursuit of pleasure

heonic (adj)- pertaining to pleasure and pleasant sensations

Question 4

despot

Answer 4

n

ruler with absolute power

F: despotism (n)- the cruel exercise of absolute power

despotic (Adj) having the qualities of a despot

(potent/potentia- strength or power)

Question 5

fugitive

Answer 5

n

one who is fleeing arrest

(fug/fugere= to flee)

Question 6

adversary

Answer 6

n

a committed enemy or opponent

F: adversarial (adj)-pugnacious

adverse (adj)- unfavorable, harmful

S: rival, contender, antagonistsic

(ad-=to, vertere- to turn)

Question 7

prosaic

Answer 7

adj

1. commonplace
2. lacking poetic beauty

S: workaday, tedious, pedestrian, mundane

(prosa= straightforward discourse)

Question 8

insipid

Answer 8

adj

lacking vigor or interest, flavorless

(in-/im-=not, /sap/sav/sipsapere=to taste)

Question 9

Banal

Answer 9

adj

lacking in originality; dull and boring

F: banality (n) an overused saying or devce

S: trite, hackneyed, vapid, platudinous

Question 10

Conventional

Answer 10

adj

according to common practice

F: convene (v) come together in a group

convention (n) standard way of doing something

unconventional (Adj) demonstrating original thinking

(con-=together, venire=to come

Question 11

mundane

Answer 11

adj

dull and uninteresteing

S: humdrum, montonous, prosaic

Question 12

inane

Answer 12

silly, stupid

F: inanity (n) a silly act

inaneness (n) quality of being inane

S: fatuous, asinine, vapid, puerile

Question 13

trite

Answer 13

adj

overused, unoriginial

S: hackneyed, banal, cleched

(trit/tritus= rubbed, worn)

Question 14

hackneyed

Answer 14

adj

overused, unoriginal

S: trite, banal, cliched

Question 15

homogeneous

Answer 15

consisting of parts or members all of the same kind

(homo-=same, gen-=kind)

Question 16

pedantry

Answer 16

n

know-it-all ism

(ped-=child as in pedagogue (teacher))

Question 17

enervate

Answer 17

v

cause someone to feel drained of energy; weaken

F: enervation/enervator (n)

(e-/ex-=out of, sinew= muscle)

Question 18

sagacious

Answer 18

adj

sage-like; showing keen discernment and good judgement

(sagax/sagac-=wise)

Question 19

exonerate

Answer 19

v

1. absolve someone from blame for a fault or wrongdoing after due consideration of the case; used legally to describe lifted charges ect.
2. release someone from a duty or obligation

F: exoneration (n), exonerative (Adj)

(ex-=out, from, onus/oner- burden –> exonerat- =free from a burden)

Question 20

onerous

Answer 20

adj

involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is very burdensome

F: onerously (Adv), onerousness (n)

(onus, oner-=burden)

Question 21

purient

Answer 21

adj

having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

F: purience (n), puriency (n), puriently (Adv)

(prurire= itching, longing)

Question 22

recondite

Answer 22

(of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse

(re-=back, condere= put together)

Question 23

impugn

Answer 23

v

dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of; call into question

F: impugnable (adj), impugnment (n)

(in-=towards, pugnare=fight)

Question 24

nefarious

Answer 24

adj

wicked or criminal (usually of an action or activity)

F: nefariously (Adv), nefariousness (n)

(nefas, nefar-=wrong)