Unit 2

Question 0

litigate

Answer 0

To carry on a lawsuit by judicial process.

Question 1

agitate

Answer 1

(1) To move something with an irregular, rapid, violent action.
(2) To stir up or excite.

Question 2

prodigal

Answer 2

Recklessly or wastefully extravagant; spendthrift.

Question 3

synagogue

Answer 3

The center of worship and communal life of a Jewish congregation; temple.

Question 4

advent

Answer 4

A coming or arrival; a coming into use.

Question 5

provenance

Answer 5

Origin or source.

Question 6

venturesome

Answer 6

Inclined to seek out risk or danger; bold, daring, adventurous.

Question 7

venue

Answer 7

(1) The place where a trial is held.

(2) The locale of an event.

Question 8

reception

Answer 8

(1) The act of receiving.

(2) A social gathering where guests are formally welcomed.

Question 9

incipient

Answer 9

Starting to come into being or to become evident.

Question 10

perceptible

Answer 10

Noticeable or able to be felt by the senses.

Question 11

susceptible

Answer 11

(1) Open to some influence; responsive.

(2) Able to be submitted to an action or process.

Question 12

affinity

Answer 12

(1) Sympathy; attraction.

(2) Relationship.

Question 13

definitive

Answer 13

(1) Authoritative and final.

(2) Specifying perfectly or precisely.

Question 14

infinitesimal

Answer 14

Extremely or immeasurably small.

Question 15

finite

Answer 15

Having definite limits.

Question 16

adjacent

Answer 16

(1) Near, neighboring.

(2) Sharing a common boundary or border.

Question 17

conjecture

Answer 17

To guess.

Question 18

dejected

Answer 18

Downcast, depressed.

Question 19

trajectory

Answer 19

The curved path that an object makes in space, or that a thrown object follows as it rises and falls to earth.

Question 20

detract

Answer 20

To decrease the importance, value, or effectiveness of something.

Question 21

protracted

Answer 21

Drawn out, continued, or extended.

Question 22

retraction

Answer 22

A taking back or withdrawal; a denial of what one has previously said.

Question 23

intractable

Answer 23

Not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled.

Question 24

conducive

Answer 24

Tending to promote, encourage, or assist; helpful.

Question 25

deduction

Answer 25

(1) Subtraction.

(2) The reaching of a conclusion by reasoning.

Question 26

induce

Answer 26

(1) Persuade, influence.

(2) Bring about.

Question 27

seduction

Answer 27

(1) Temptation to wrong, especially temptation to sexual intercourse.
(2) Attraction or charm.

Question 28

consequential

Answer 28

(1) Resulting.

(2) Important.

Question 29

execute

Answer 29

(1) To carry out or perform.

(2) To put to death legally or formally.

Question 30

obsequious

Answer 30

Excessively submissive, obedient, or flattering.

Question 31

sequential

Answer 31

(1) Arranged in order or in a series.

(2) Following in a series.

Question 32

apollonian

Answer 32

Harmonious, ordered, rational, calm.

Question 33

bacchanalian

Answer 33

Frenzied, orgiastic.

Question 34

delphic

Answer 34

Unclear, ambiguous, or confusing.

Question 35

Dionysian

Answer 35

Frenzied, orgiastic.

Question 36

jovial

Answer 36

Jolly, expansively good-natured.

Question 37

mercurial

Answer 37

Having rapid and unpredictable changes of mood.

Question 38

olympian

Answer 38

Lofty, superior, and detached.

Question 39

venereal

Answer 39

Having to do with sexual intercourse or diseases transmitted by it.