Unit 4

Question 1

phlegmatic

Answer 1

(adj) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition

Question 2

malapropism

Answer 2

(noun) the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, with an amusing effect

Question 3

prescience

Answer 3

(noun) the fact of knowing something before it takes place

Question 4

sinecure

Answer 4

(noun) a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

Question 5

assauge

Answer 5

(verb) make less intense

Question 6

supercilious

Answer 6

(adj) behaving or looking as though one is superior to others

Question 7

bastion

Answer 7

(noun) a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall
(noun) an institution, place, or person strongly defending or upholding particular principles, attitudes, or activities

Question 8

indolence

Answer 8

(noun) avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness

Question 9

remunerate

Answer 9

(verb) pay (someone) for services rendered or work done

Question 10

surreptitious

Answer 10

(adj) kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

Question 11

verbose

Answer 11

(adj) using or expressed in more words than are needed

Question 12

axiomatic

Answer 12

(adj) self-evident or unquestionable

Question 13

discursive

Answer 13

(adj) digressing from subject to subject

Question 14

lassitude

Answer 14

(noun) a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy

Question 15

comely

Answer 15

(adj) pleasant to look at; attractive (typically used of a woman)

Question 16

profundity

Answer 16

(noun) deep insight; great depth of knowledge or thought

Question 17

refulgent

Answer 17

(adj) shining brightly

Question 18

indubitable

Answer 18

(adj) impossible to doubt; unquestionable

Question 19

aggrandize

Answer 19

(verb) increase the power, status, or wealth of

Question 20

otiosity

Answer 20

(adj) lazy, pointless, of no use, ineffective, futile