Unit 3

Question 1

Ancillary

Answer 1

(adj.) subordinate or supplementary

syn- Axillary, subsidiary, accessory

Question 2

Bowdlerize

Answer 2

(v.) to remove material considered offensive from a book, play, etc.
syn- censor, purge, expurgate

Question 3

Condescend

Answer 3

(v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner
syn- deign

Question 4

Cozen

Answer 4

(v.) to trick; to cheat or swindle

syn- dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle

Question 5

Enclave

Answer 5

(n.) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character
syn-island, subgroup

Question 6

Forte

Answer 6

(n.) a person’s strong point, what a person does best

Syn- gift, aptitude, specialty

Question 7

Gratis

Answer 7

(adj.) free (adv.) without charge

syn- on the house, freely

Question 8

Icon

Answer 8

(n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself, an image or picture, a symbol, a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display an object of blind devotion
syn- emblem, idol

Question 9

Interstice

Answer 9

(n.) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things
syn- gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna

Question 10

Macrocosm

Answer 10

(n.) the universe considered as a whole, the entire complex structure of something
syn- cosmos, entirely

Question 11

Mountebank

Answer 11

(n.) a trickster or swindler, a charlatan

syn- imposter, quack

Question 12

Paean

Answer 12

(n.) a song of praise, joy, or triumph

syn- hymn, ode, anthem

Question 13

Persiflage

Answer 13

(n.) lighthearted joking, talk or writing

syn- banter, jesting, repartee, badinage

Question 14

Plethora

Answer 14

(n.) overfullnesss, superabundance superfluity

syn- surplus, surfeit, glut, excess

Question 15

Pragmatic

Answer 15

(adj.) concerned with practical consideration or values, dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one’s opinion
syn- down-to-earth, businesslike

Question 16

Quizzical

Answer 16

(adj.) puzzled, mocking, odd, equivocal

syn- peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive

Question 17

Rapacity

Answer 17

(n.) inordinate greed, the deposition to obtain one’s desires by force, extortion, or plunder

Question 18

Schism

Answer 18

(n.) a formal split within a religious organization, any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions
syn- rift, breach

Question 19

Therapeutic

Answer 19

(adj.) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial

syn- curative, salutary, salubrious

Question 20

Virtuoso

Answer 20

(n.) a brilliant performer person with masterly skill or technique (adj.) masterly or brilliant
syn- expert, master, prodigy, maestro