Unit Two

Question 1

lascivious

Answer 1

(adj.) filled with or showing sexual desire; lewd, lustful

Question 2

obsequious

Answer 2

(adj.) obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Question 3

savant

Answer 3

(n.) a very learned or talented person, especially one distinguished in a particular field of science or arts; (n.) a person who has an exception aptitude in one particular field, such as music or mathematics, despite having significant impairment in other areas of intellectual or social functioning

Question 4

cajole

Answer 4

(v.) to persuade (s.o.) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery

Question 5

convalescent

Answer 5

(adj.) (of a person) recovering from an illness or operation; (n.) a person who is recovering after an illness or operation

Question 6

ruminate

Answer 6

(v.) to think deeply about something; (v.) chew the cud

Question 7

pontificate

Answer 7

(v) to express one’s opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic; (v.) (in the Roman Catholic Church) officiate as bishop, especially at Mass; (n.) (in the Roman Catholic Church) the office or tenure of pope or bishop

Question 8

cadenced

Answer 8

(adj.) having or marked by a rhythmical cadence

Question 9

phosphorescent

Answer 9

(adj.) giving off or shining with light, and giving off little or no heat

Question 10

assuage

Answer 10

(v.) to make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense, to satisfy (an appetite or desire)

Question 11

ephemeral

Answer 11

(adj.) lasting for a very short time

Question 12

doyen

Answer 12

(n.) the most respected or prominent person in a particular field

Question 13

hitherto

Answer 13

(adv.) until now or until the point in time under discussion

Question 14

likewise

Answer 14

(adv.) in the same way, also; (adv.) in a like manner, similarly

Question 15

moreover

Answer 15

(adv.) as a further matter, besides

Question 16

notwithstanding

Answer 16

(prep.) despite; (adv.) nevertheless, however, (conj.) although

Question 17

persona non grata

Answer 17

(n.) an unacceptable or unwelcome person

Question 18

patrimony

Answer 18

(n.) property inherited from one’s father or male ancestor; (n.) heritage; (n.) (historical) the estate or property belonging by ancient endowment or right to a church or other institution

Question 19

imperious

Answer 19

(adj.) assuming power or authority without justification; (adj.) arrogant and domineering

Question 20

coup de grâce

Answer 20

(n.) a final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal; (n.) an action or event that serves as the culmination of a bad or deteriorating situation

Question 21

ipso facto

Answer 21

(adv.) by that very fact or act

Question 22

carte blanche

Answer 22

(n.) complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best

Question 23

concomitant

Answer 23

(adj.) (formal) naturally accompanying or associated; (n.) (formal) a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows s.t.

Question 24

adroit

Answer 24

(adj.) clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

Question 25

coaxing

Answer 25

(n.) persistent gentle persuasion; (adj.) gently and persistently persuasive

Question 26

coax

Answer 26

(v.) gently and persistently persuade (s.o.) to do s.t.

Question 27

cud

Answer 27

(n.) partly digested food returned from the first stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further chewing

Question 28

ruminant

Answer 28

(n.) an even-toed ungulate mammal that chews the cud regurgitated from its rumen. The ruminants comprise the cattle, sheep, antelopes, deer, giraffes, and their relatives; (n.) a contemplative person, a person given to meditation

Question 29

ungulate

Answer 29

(n.) a hoofed mammal

Question 30

cadence

Answer 30

(n.) a modulation or inflection of the voice; (n.) a sequence of notes or chords comprising the close of a musical phrase