unit 11

Question 1

anachronism

Answer 1

noun
a person or thing that is chronologically out of place

Question 2

anticipatory

Answer 2

adjective
happening in expectation of a future development

Question 3

complacency

Answer 3

noun
a feeling of smugness or self-satisfaction accompanied by ignorance of future dangers

Question 4

fatalistic

Answer 4

adjective
reflecting a belief that outcomes are predetermined

Question 5

forthcoming

Answer 5

adjective
soon to happen in the future; or soon to be released to the public

Question 6

future-proof

Answer 6

verb / adjective
to make something unlikely to fail in the future
unlikely to become obsolete

Question 7

imminent

Answer 7

adjective
about to happen

Question 8

impend

Answer 8

verb
to be about to happen (especially of something harmful or unwelcome)

Question 9

morrow

Answer 9

noun
the next day

Question 10

neologism

Answer 10

noun
a newly coined word or phrase

Question 11

posterity

Answer 11

noun
people who will exist in the future; future generations

Question 12

raison d’être

Answer 12

noun
“reason of being” ; a reason for living, for the existing of a person or thing

Question 13

percolate

Answer 13

verb
to trickle a permeable substance; (of coffee) to prepare with a percolator; (metaphorically) to simmer, as an idea

Question 14

pragmatic

Answer 14

adjective
sensible and realistic; guided by practical considerations rather than abstract principles

Question 15

sanguine

Answer 15

adjective
optimistic or upbeat; (of a color) blood redn