Unit 1

Question 0

bellicose

Answer 0

Warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome.

Question 1

antebellum

Answer 1

Existing before a war, especially before the American Civil War.

Question 2

belligerence

Answer 2

Aggressiveness, combativeness.

Question 3

rebellion

Answer 3

Open defiance and opposition, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority.

Question 4

pacify

Answer 4

(1) To soothe anger or agitation. (2) To subdue by armed action.

Question 5

pacifist

Answer 5

A person opposed to war or violence, especially someone who refuses to bear arms or to fight, on moral or religious grounds.

Question 6

pact

Answer 6

An agreement between two or more people or groups; a treaty or formal agreement between nations to deal with a problem or to resolve a dispute.

Question 7

appease

Answer 7

To make peaceful and quiet; to calm, satisfy.

Question 8

hostage

Answer 8

A person given or held to ensure that an agreement, demand, or treaty is kept or fulfilled.

Question 9

hospice

Answer 9

A place or program to help care for the terminally ill.

Question 10

hostel

Answer 10

An inexpensive, supervised place for young travelers to stay overnight.

Question 11

inhospitable

Answer 11

(1) Not welcoming or generous; unfriendly.

2) Providing no shelter or food (such as a desert

Question 12

amicable

Answer 12

Friendly, peaceful.

Question 13

enamored

Answer 13

Charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love.

Question 14

inimical

Answer 14

Hostile, unfriendly, or harmful.

Question 15

paramour

Answer 15

A lover, often secret, not allowed by law or custom.

Question 16

criminology

Answer 16

The study of crime, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment.

Question 17

decriminalize

Answer 17

To remove or reduce the criminal status of.

Question 18

incriminate

Answer 18

To show evidence of involvement in a crime or a fault.

Question 19

recrimination

Answer 19

An accusation in retaliation for an accusation made against oneself; the making of such an accusation.

Question 20

approbation

Answer 20

A formal or official act of approving; praise, usually given with pleasure or enthusiasm.

Question 21

disprove

Answer 21

To show that something is not what it has been claimed to be; refute.

Question 22

probity

Answer 22

Absolute honesty and uprightness.

Question 23

reprobate

Answer 23

A person of thoroughly bad character.

Question 24

gravid

Answer 24

Pregnant or enlarged with something.

Question 25

gravitas

Answer 25

Great or very dignified seriousness.

Question 26

gravitate

Answer 26

To move or be drawn toward something, especially by natural tendency or as if by an invisible force.

Question 27

gravity

Answer 27

Weighty importance, seriousness, or dignity.

Question 28

alleviate

Answer 28

To lighten, lessen, or relieve, especially physical or mental suffering.

Question 29

elevate

Answer 29

(1) To lift up or raise.

(2) To raise in rank or status.

Question 30

leavening

Answer 30

Something that lightens and raises; something that modifies, eases, or animates.

Question 31

levity

Answer 31

Frivolity, lack of appropriate seriousness.

Question 32

cicerone

Answer 32

A guide, especially one who takes tourists to museums, monuments, or architectural sites and explains what is being seen.

Question 33

hector

Answer 33

To bully; to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure.

Question 34

hedonism

Answer 34

An attitude or way of life based on the idea that pleasure or happiness should be the chief goal.

Question 35

nestor

Answer 35

A senior figure or leader in one’s field.

Question 36

spartan

Answer 36

Marked by simplicity and often strict self-discipline or self-denial.

Question 37

stentorian

Answer 37

Extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound.

Question 38

stoic

Answer 38

Seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Question 39

sybaritic

Answer 39

Marked by a luxurious or sensual way of life.