unit17

Question 1

animated

Answer 1

(1) Full of life; lively, vigorous, active. (2) Seeming or appearing to be alive.

Question 2

magnanimous

Answer 2

(1) Showing a lofty and courageous spirit. (2) Generous and forgiving.

Question 3

animosity

Answer 3

Ill will or resentment.

Question 4

inanimate

Answer 4

(1) Not alive; lifeless. (2) Not lively; dull.

Question 5

figurative

Answer 5

(1) Representing form or figure in art. (2) Saying one thing in terms normally meaning or describing another thing.

Question 6

configuration

Answer 6

An arrangement of parts or elements; shape, design.

Question 7

effigy

Answer 7

An image of a person, especially a crude representation of a hated person.

Question 8

figment

Answer 8

Something made up or imagined.

Question 9

annuity

Answer 9

Money that is payable yearly or on some regular basis, or a contract providing for such payment.

Question 10

superannuated

Answer 10

(1) Outworn, old-fashioned, or out-of-date. (2) Forced to retire because of old age or infirmity.

Question 11

millennium

Answer 11

(1) A period of time lasting 1,000 years, or the celebration of a 1,000-year anniversary. (2) A period of great happiness and perfection on earth.

Question 12

perennial

Answer 12

(1) Continuing to grow for several years. (2) Enduring or continuing without interruption.

Question 13

coeval

Answer 13

Having the same age or lasting the same amount of time; contemporary.

Question 14

longevity

Answer 14

(1) A long duration of life. (2) Length of life; long continuance.

Question 15

medieval

Answer 15

(1) Relating to the Middle Ages of European history, from about A.D. 500 to 1500. (2) Extremely out-of-date.

Question 16

primeval

Answer 16

(1) Having to do with the earliest ages; primitive or ancient. (2) Existing from the beginning.

Question 17

corporeal

Answer 17

Having or relating to a physical body; substantial.

Question 18

corpulent

Answer 18

Having a large, bulky body; obese.

Question 19

corporal

Answer 19

Relating to or affecting the body.

Question 20

incorporate

Answer 20

(1) To blend or combine into something already existing to form one whole. (2) To form or form into a corporation.

Question 21

tact

Answer 21

The ability to deal with others without offending them.

Question 22

tactile

Answer 22

(1) Able to be perceived by touching. (2) Relating to the sense of touch.

Question 23

tangential

Answer 23

Touching lightly; incidental.

Question 24

tangible

Answer 24

Able to be perceived, especially by touch; physical, substantial.

Question 25

codex

Answer 25

A book in handwritten form, especially a book of Scripture, classics, or ancient texts.

Question 26

codicil

Answer 26

(1) An amendment or addition made to a will. (2) An appendix or supplement.

Question 27

codify

Answer 27

To arrange according to a system; classify.

Question 28

decode

Answer 28

(1) To put a coded message into an understandable form. (2) To find the underlying meaning of; decipher.

Question 29

signify

Answer 29

(1) To be a sign of something; to mean something. (2) To show or make known, especially by a sign.

Question 30

insignia

Answer 30

A badge of authority or honor; a distinguishing sign or mark.

Question 31

signatory

Answer 31

A person or government that signs an agreement with others; especially a government that agrees with others to abide by a signed agreement.

Question 32

signet

Answer 32

(1) A seal used instead of a signature to give personal or official authority to a document. (2) A small engraved seal, often in the form of a ring.