Unit 6

Question 1

Span

Answer 1

a limited space / an individual’s lifetime.

Question 2

Scholar

Answer 2

A specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities.

Question 3

Embed

Answer 3

Implant

Question 4

Ailment

Answer 4

Illness, typically a minor

Question 5

Remit

Answer 5

Area of responsibility

Question 6

Pagan

Answer 6

A person having a different religion

Question 7

Free rein

Answer 7

Freedom

Question 8

Contrary

Answer 8

Opposite

Question 9

Leper

Answer 9

An infectious skin disease

Question 10

Tutelage

Answer 10

Guardianship

Question 11

Reputation

Answer 11

The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.

Question 12

Meticulous

Answer 12

Showing great attention to detail

Question 13

Forefront

Answer 13

Cutting edge

Question 14

Prolific

Answer 14

Producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring.

Question 15

Putrefaction

Answer 15

The process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter

Question 16

Holistic

Answer 16

Characterized by the belief that the parts of something are interconnected and can be explained only by reference to the whole.

Question 17

Distaste

Answer 17

Mild dislike or aversion

Question 18

Polymath

Answer 18

A person of wide knowledge or learning

Question 19

Theology

Answer 19

The study of the nature of God and religious belief

Question 20

Treatise

Answer 20

A written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject

Question 21

Turbidity

Answer 21

The quality of being cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter

Question 22

Impinge

Answer 22

Have an effect, especially a negative one

Question 23

Inquire into

Answer 23

To gather or collect information about (something)

Question 24

discontent

Answer 24

dissatisfaction

Question 25

profound

Answer 25

very great or intense.

Question 26

remedy

Answer 26

treatments

Question 27

cognizant

Answer 27

aware

Question 28

encompass

Answer 28

surround