unit12

Question 1

umber

Answer 1

(1) A darkish brown mineral containing manganese and iron oxides used for coloring paint. (2) A color that is greenish brown to dark reddish brown.

Question 2

adumbrate

Answer 2

(1) To give a sketchy outline or disclose in part. (2) To hint at or foretell.

Question 3

penumbra

Answer 3

(1) The partial shadow surrounding a complete shadow, as in an eclipse. (2) The fringe or surrounding area where something exists less fully.

Question 4

umbrage

Answer 4

A feeling of resentment at some slight or insult, often one that is imagined rather than real.

Question 5

divest

Answer 5

(1) To get rid of or free oneself of property, authority, or title. (2) To strip of clothing, ornaments, or equipment.

Question 6

investiture

Answer 6

The formal placing of someone in office.

Question 7

transvestite

Answer 7

A person, especially a male, who wears the clothing and adopts the mannerisms of the opposite sex.

Question 8

travesty

Answer 8

(1) An inferior or distorted imitation. (2) A broadly comic imitation in drama, literature, or art that is usually grotesque and ridiculous.

Question 9

apotheosis

Answer 9

(1) Transformation into a god. (2) The perfect example.

Question 10

atheistic

Answer 10

Denying the existence of God or divine power.

Question 11

pantheon

Answer 11

(1) A building serving as the burial place of or containing memorials to the famous dead of a nation. (2) A group of notable persons or things.

Question 12

theocracy

Answer 12

(1) Government by officials who are regarded as divinely inspired. (2) A state governed by a theocracy.

Question 13

icon

Answer 13

(1) A religious image usually painted on a small wooden panel: idol. (2) Emblem, symbol.

Question 14

iconic

Answer 14

(1) Symbolic. (2) Relating to a greatly admired and successful person or thing.

Question 15

iconoclast

Answer 15

(1) A person who destroys religious images or opposes their use. (2) A person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions.

Question 16

iconography

Answer 16

(1) The imagery and symbolism of a work of art or an artist. (2) The study of artistic symbolism.

Question 17

urbane

Answer 17

Sophisticated and with polished manners.

Question 18

exurban

Answer 18

Relating to a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families.

Question 19

interurban

Answer 19

Going between or connecting cities or towns.

Question 20

urbanization

Answer 20

The process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in central areas.

Question 21

acculturation

Answer 21

(1) Modification of the culture of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture. (2) The process by which a human being acquires the culture of a particular society from infancy.

Question 22

cross-cultural

Answer 22

Dealing with or offering comparison between two or more different cultures or cultural areas.

Question 23

horticulture

Answer 23

The science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants.

Question 24

subculture

Answer 24

A group whose beliefs and behaviors are different from the main groups within a culture or society.

Question 25

demographic

Answer 25

Having to do with the study of human populations, especially their size, growth, density, and patterns of living.

Question 26

endemic

Answer 26

(1) Found only in a given place or region. (2) Often found in a given occupation, area, or environment.

Question 27

demagogue

Answer 27

A political leader who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of people in order to arouse discontent and to advance his or her own political purposes.

Question 28

demotic

Answer 28

Popular or common.

Question 29

populist

Answer 29

A believer in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people.

Question 30

populace

Answer 30

(1) The common people or masses. (2) Population.

Question 31

populous

Answer 31

Numerous, densely settled, or having a large population.

Question 32

vox populi

Answer 32

Popular sentiment or opinion.