Unit 2

Question 1

aegis

Answer 1

(n.) protection, patronage

Question 2

apprise

Answer 2

(v.) to inform, make aware by verbal notice

Question 3

bibulous

Answer 3

(adj.) fond of drinking

Question 4

claque

Answer 4

(n.) a group of people hired to applaud a preformer; enthusiastic admirers, an opera hat

Question 5

deracinate

Answer 5

(v.) to pull up by the roots; uproot; remove all traces of

Question 6

eleemosynary

Answer 6

(adj.) charitable; dependent on charity

Question 7

indigenous

Answer 7

(adj.) originating in one nation; native

Question 8

lachrymose

Answer 8

(adj.) causing to shed tears; mournful

Question 9

lexicon

Answer 9

(n.) a dictionary or language; special vocabulary to a person

Question 10

melee

Answer 10

(n.) a confused struggle; a violent free-for-all

Question 11

microcosm

Answer 11

(n.) a miniature world or universe; a group viewed as a model for a larger group

Question 12

minuscule

Answer 12

(adj. ) very small; tiny

(n. ) a lowercase letter

Question 13

obfuscate

Answer 13

(v.) to darken, obscure, or confuse

Question 14

paternalism

Answer 14

(n.) the policy of treating government or its people in the manner of a father to his children

Question 15

polarize

Answer 15

(v.) to cause concentration around two opposing positions; to split, divide

Question 16

purview

Answer 16

(n.) the range or scope of something; in law, the extent of what is provided in a statute

Question 17

sanguine

Answer 17

(adj.) having a naturally cheerful, optimistic outlook

Question 18

solecism

Answer 18

(n.) blunder in grammer; misuse of words

Question 19

vassal

Answer 19

(n.) person under the protection of a feudal lord; a servant

Question 20

verisimilitude

Answer 20

(n.) the quality of appearing to be true