Unit 7

Question 1

Erudite

Answer 1

(adj) having or showing great knowledge or learning

Question 2

Comport

Answer 2

(verb) conduct oneself; behave, accord or agree with

Question 3

Sonorous

Answer 3

(adj) capable of producing a deep or ringing sound

Question 4

Non-belletristic

Answer 4

(adj) not for aesthetic value

Question 5

Nouveau riche

Answer 5

(adj or noun) people who have recently acquired wealth

Question 6

Concomitant

Answer 6

(adj or noun) naturally accompanies with something

Question 7

Excoriate

Answer 7

(verb) censure or criticize severely
(verb) damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin)

Question 8

Desiccate

Answer 8

(verb) remove the moisture from

Question 9

Peripatetic

Answer 9

(adj or noun) traveling from place to place; Aristotelian

Question 10

Paucity

Answer 10

(noun) only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity

Question 11

Recusant

Answer 11

(noun) person who refuses to submit or comply to an authority

Question 12

Pundit

Answer 12

(noun) an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently

Question 13

Mélange

Answer 13

(noun) a mixture; a medley

Question 14

Dulcet

Answer 14

(adj) sweet and soothing

Question 15

Ennoblement

Answer 15

(verb) give (someone) a noble rank or title

Question 16

Raucous

Answer 16

(adj) making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise

Question 17

Tacit

Answer 17

(adj) understood or implied without being stated

Question 18

Fatuous

Answer 18

(adj) silly and pointless

Question 19

Cognate

Answer 19

(adj) related; connected
(noun) a blood relative

Question 20

Placate

Answer 20

(verb) make (someone) less angry or hostile