Unit 8

Question 1

Asylum

Noun

Answer 1

Place of refuge or shelter

Question 2

Stoic

Answer 2

Follower of Stoicism, a pantheistic philosophy emphasizing submission to divine will and freedom from emotion

Question 3

Atavism

Noun

Answer 3

In biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; individual or a part that exhibits atavism; return of a trait after a period of absence

Question 4

Attenuate

Verb

Answer 4

To weaken

Question 5

Audacious

Adjective

Answer 5

Bold; daring

Question 6

Austere

Adjective

Answer 6

Stern; unadorned

Question 7

Deism

Answer 7

The belief in a God who created the Universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life or natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation.

Question 8

Autonomous

Adjective

Answer 8

Self-governing; independent

Question 9

Avarice

Noun

Answer 9

Greed

Question 10

Aver

Verb

Answer 10

To affirm; declare to be true

Question 11

Avocation

Noun

Answer 11

Secondary occupation

Question 12

Avuncular

Adjective

Answer 12

Like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant