Unit 52

Question 1

Multifarious

Answer 1

(adj) diverse

e. g. Modern technology is so complex and multifarious that it requires thousands of specialists to devise and operate.

Question 2

Mundane

Answer 2

(adj) worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary
e. g. The boundaries of the mundane world.

Question 3

Necromancy

Answer 3

(n) black magic

e. g. Television might seem like necromancy to a time traveler from the fifteenth century.

Question 4

Negate

Answer 4

(v) to cancel out; nullify

e. g. The soldiers’ poor treatment of the prisoners negated the goodwill they had built up among the population.

Question 5

Neologism

Answer 5

(n) new word or expression

Question 6

Neophyte

Answer 6

(n) novice; beginner

e. g. The school provides extensive support and guidance for neophyte teachers.

Question 7

Nexus

Answer 7

(n) a means of connection; a connected group or series; a center
e. g. Wall Street is the nexus of America’s financial system.

Question 8

Nonplussed

Answer 8

(adj) bewildered

e. g. The members of the football team were nonplussed by the presence of a female reporter in the locker room.

Question 9

Nostalgia

Answer 9

(n) sentimental longing for a past time
- Nostalgic (adj)

e.g. The product’s marketing is centered on nostalgia for the 1950s.

Question 10

Nostrum

Answer 10

(n) medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed cure
e. g. A charlatan who sells nostrums.