Unit 1

Question 1

acolyte

Answer 1

a person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assists, a follower.

Question 2

bibulous

Answer 2

1. given to the consumption of alcoholic drinks

2. highly absorbent

Question 3

coalesce

Answer 3

to grow together, to unite to form a whole

Question 4

covert

Answer 4

not openly acknowledged; secret

Question 5

declaim

Answer 5

to recite something in the style of a public speech; to speak in a loud, theatrical way

Question 6

delineate

Answer 6

1. to describe vividly and in detail

2. to draw an outline of; to represent by drawing

Question 7

demagogue

Answer 7

a leader who seeks power by appealing to people’s emotions and prejudices and by making false claims and promises

Question 8

encomium

Answer 8

an expression of warm and enthusiastic praise

Question 9

obdurate

Answer 9

1. resistant to persuasion; inflexible

2. persistent in wrongdoing

Question 10

prescience

Answer 10

foresight; knowledge beforehand of events

Question 11

protagonist

Answer 11

the chief character in a drama or story

Question 12

sedulous

Answer 12

completed with careful perseverance; diligent

Question 13

trenchant

Answer 13

expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly perceptive

Question 14

utopia

Answer 14

a place or state of perfect social and political conditions

Question 15

valedictory

Answer 15

1. a farewell address, especially one given at a graduation ceremony
2. of or relating to such a farewell address