Unit 3

Question 0

ambient

Answer 0

Existing or present on all sides.

Question 1

ambiguous

Answer 1

(1) Doubtful or uncertain especially from being obscure or indistinct.
(2) Unclear in meaning because of being understandable in more than one way.

Question 2

ambivalent

Answer 2

(1) Holding opposite feelings and attitudes at the same time toward someone or something.
(2) Continually wavering between opposites or alternate courses of action.

Question 3

amphitheater

Answer 3

(1) An oval or circular building with an open area ringed by rising tiers of seats, used in Ancient Rome for contests and spectacles.
(2) A large modern theater or stadium.

Question 4

ephemeral

Answer 4

(1) Lasting a day only.

(2) Lasting a very short time.

Question 5

epiphyte

Answer 5

A plant that obtains its nutrients from the air and the rain and usually grows on another plant for support.

Question 6

epitaph

Answer 6

An inscription on a grave or tomb in memory of the one buried there.

Question 7

epithet

Answer 7

(1) A descriptive word or phrase occurring with or in place of the name of a person or thing.
(2) An insulting or demeaning word or phrase.

Question 8

hypochondriac

Answer 8

A person unduly concerned with health and often suffering from delusions of physical disease.

Question 9

hypocrisy

Answer 9

A pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not really feel.

Question 10

hypothermia

Answer 10

Subnormal temperature of the body.

Question 11

hypothetical

Answer 11

(1) Involving an assumption made for the sake of argument or for further study or investigation.
(2) Imagined for purposes of example.

Question 12

thermal

Answer 12

(1) Of, relating to, or caused by heat.

(2) Designed to insulate in order to retain body heat.

Question 13

thermocline

Answer 13

The region in a body of water that divides the warmer, oxygen-rich surface layer from the colder, oxygen-poor deep water.

Question 14

thermocouple

Answer 14

A device for measuring temperature that makes use of the way different metals respond to heat.

Question 15

thermonuclear

Answer 15

Of or relating to the changes in the nucleus of atoms with low atomic weight, such as hydrogen, that require a very high temperature to begin.

Question 16

polychromatic

Answer 16

Showing a variety or a change of colors; multicolored.

Question 17

polyglot

Answer 17

(1) One who can speak or write several languages.

(2) Having or using several languages.

Question 18

polymer

Answer 18

A chemical compound formed by a reaction in which two or more molecules combine to form larger molecules with repeating structural units.

Question 19

polyphony

Answer 19

Music consisting of two or more independent but harmonious melodies.

Question 20

primal

Answer 20

(1) Original or primitive.

(2) First in importance.

Question 21

primiparous

Answer 21

(1) Bearing a first offspring.

(2) Having borne only one previous offspring.

Question 22

primogeniture

Answer 22

An exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son of single set of parents.

Question 23

primordial

Answer 23

(1) First created or developed.

(2) Existing in or from the very beginning.

Question 24

homonym

Answer 24

One of two or more words pronounced and/or spelled alike but different in meaning.

Question 25

homogeneous

Answer 25

(1) Of the same or a similar kind.

(2) Of uniform structure or composition throughout.

Question 26

homologous

Answer 26

Developing from the same or a similar part of a remote ancestor.

Question 27

homophone

Answer 27

One of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning or derivation or spelling.

Question 28

diffraction

Answer 28

(1) The bending or spreading of a beam of light especially when it passes through a narrow opening or in reflected from a ruled surface.
(2) Similar changes in other waves, such as sound waves.

Question 29

dissension

Answer 29

Disagreement in opinion.

Question 30

disseminate

Answer 30

To spread widely as if by sowing seeds.

Question 31

dissipate

Answer 31

(1) To cause to spread out to the point of vanishing; disperse.
(2) To spend wastefully or foolishly; squander.

Question 32

ad hoc

Answer 32

Formed or used for a particular purpose or for immediate needs.

Question 33

ad hominem

Answer 33

Marked by an attach on an opponent’s character rather than by answer to the arguments made or the issues raised.

Question 34

alter ego

Answer 34

(1) A trusted friend or personal representative.

(2) The opposite side of a personality.

Question 35

de facto

Answer 35

Being such in practice or effect, although not formally recognized; actual.

Question 36

de jure

Answer 36

By right of law.

Question 37

ex post facto

Answer 37

Done, made, or formulated after the fact.

Question 38

modus operandi

Answer 38

A usual way of doing something.

Question 39

modus vivendi

Answer 39

(1) A practical compromise or arrangement that is acceptable to all concerned.
(2) A way of life.