Unit Seven

Question 1

ancillary

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(adj.) subordinate, subsidiary, (adj.) auxiliary, supplementary

Question 2

elucidation

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(n.) the act of explaining something or making something clear

Question 3

engender

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(v.) cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition), (v.) (archaic) (of a father) beget (offspring)

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druid

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(n.) a priest, magician, or soothsayer in the ancient Celtic religion

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tacit

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(adj.) understood or implied without being stated

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boudoir

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(n.) (historical) (humorous) a woman’s bedroom or private room

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tzompantli

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(n.) an Aztec ceremonial rack of skulls

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candor

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(n.) the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression, candidness, (n.) freedom from bias; fairness; impartiality, (n.) (obsolete) kindliness, (n.) (obsolete) purity

Question 9

pugilism

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(n.) (dated) (humorous) the profession or hobby of boxing

Question 10

brevity

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(n.) shortness of duration, especially shortness or conciseness of expression

Question 11

ad hoc

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(adv.) when necessary or needed; (adj.) created or done for a particular purpose as necessary

Question 12

post hoc

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(adv.) after the event; (adj.) occurring or done after the event, especially with reference to the fallacious assumption that the occurrence in question has a logical relationship with the event it follows

Question 13

haute

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(adj.) fashionably elegant or high-class

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levity

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(n.) humor or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious occasion, (n.) amusement or lack of seriousness

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avaricious

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(adj.) having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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miser

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(n.) a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible

Question 17

confer

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(v.) to exchange ideas on a particular subject, often in order to reach a decision on what action to take, (v.) to give an official title, honor, or advantage to someone

Question 18

petulant

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(adj.) easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child, (adj.) easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child

Question 19

platitude

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(n.) a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful

Question 20

consortium

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(n.) an association, typically of several business companies, (n.) (law) the right of association and companionship with one’s husband or wife

Question 21

ad valorem

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(adv.) in proportion to the estimated value of the goods or transaction concerned; (adj.) (of the levying of tax or customs duties) proportionate to the estimated value of the goods or transaction concerned

Question 22

iridescent

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(adj.) showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles

Question 23

cognomen

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(n.) surname, especially the third of the usually three names of an ancient Roman, (n.) name, especially a distinguishing nickname or epithet

Question 24

declaim

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(v.) utter or deliver words or a speech in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience

Question 25

clemency

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(n.) kindness when giving a punishment, (n.) an act of mercy by a person in authority toward someone who has committed a crime, esp. by reducing a punishment, (n.) (of weather) the quality of being pleasant or not severe

Question 26

impugn

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(v.) dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question

Question 27

paramour

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(n.) (old-use) (literary) the person you are having a romantic or sexual relationship with, but are not married to

Question 28

latent

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(adj.) present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or completely developed, (adj.) present, but not yet active, developed, or obvious

Question 29

latency

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(n.) the fact of being present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or completely developed, (n.) (computing) the delay between an instruction to transfer (= move) computer information and the information being transferred, for example over the internet

Question 30

primacy

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(n.) the state of being first (as in importance, order, or rank), preeminence, (n.) the office, rank, or preeminence of an ecclesiastical primate

Question 31

beget

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(v.) (literary) (typically of a man, sometimes of a man and a woman) bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction, (v.) give rise to; bring about

Question 32

encomienda

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(n.) an estate of land and the inhabiting American Indians formerly granted to Spanish colonists or adventurers in America for purposes of tribute and evangelization

Question 33

cadre

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(n.) a nucleus or core group especially of trained personnel able to assume control and to train others, (n.) a group of people having some unifying relationship, (n.) a cell of indoctrinated leaders active in promoting the interests of a revolutionary party

Question 34

imbibe

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(v.)

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sycophant

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eponymous

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condone

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Taylorism

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prodigal

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fulcrum

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reticent

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excelsior

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blasé

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betrothal

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serendipity

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alias

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heuristic

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Question 48

conceit

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Question 49

milieu

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(n.) the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops, environment

Question 50

primogeniture

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(n.) the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents, (n.) an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son

Question 51

conclave

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(n.) a private meeting or secret assembly, especially a meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals secluded continuously while choosing a pope, (n.) a gathering of a group or association

Question 52

prodigious

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(adj.) remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree, (adj.) (archaic) unnatural or abnormal

Question 53

metronomic

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(adj.) mechanically regular (as in action or tempo), (adj.) (medical) of, relating to, or being a drug or regimen of drugs administered in low doses at regular intervals over an extended period of time

Question 54

propitious

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(adj.) favorably disposed, benevolent, (adj.) being a good omen, auspicious, (adj.) tending to favor, advantageous

Question 55

acquiescence

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(n.) the reluctant acceptance of something without protest

Question 56

inexorable

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(adj.) impossible to stop or prevent, (adj.) (of a person) impossible to persuade by request or entreaty

Question 57

potentate

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(n.) a monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one

Question 58

arriviste

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(n.) an ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person, especially one who has recently acquired wealth or social status

Question 59

paucity

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(n.) the fact that there is too little of something, (n.) the condition of having very little or not enough of something

Question 60

verdant

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(adj.) covered with healthy green plants or grass

Question 61

pedantic

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(adj.) giving too much attention to formal rules or small details

Question 62

esoteric

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(adj.) very unusual and understood or liked by only a small number of people, especially those with special knowledge

Question 63

femme fatale

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(n.) a woman who is very attractive in a mysterious way, usually leading men into danger or causing their destruction

Question 64

bête noire

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(n.) a person or thing that you dislike very much or that annoys you

Question 65

elucidate

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(v.) to explain something or make something clear

Question 66

entreaty

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(n.) an earnest or humble request

Question 67

auspicious

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(adj.) of good omen; boding well for the future; favorable; propitious, (adj.) favored by fortune; successful

Question 68

petulance

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(n.) the quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered

Question 69

nomen

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(n.) the second of the three usual names of an ancient Roman

Question 70

praenomen

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(n.) the first of the usual three names of an ancient Roman

Question 71

impassioned

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(adj.) filled with or showing great emotion

Question 72

impassion

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(v.) make passionate

Question 73

esthetic (US) | aesthetic

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(adj.) of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful, (adj.) artistic, (adj.) pleasing in appearance, attractive, (adj.) appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful, (adj.) responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses, (adj.) done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance

Question 74

esthetics (US) | aesthetics

Answer 74

(n.) a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty, (n.) a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight, (n.) a pleasing appearance or effect