unit18

Question 1

capitalism

Answer 1

An economic system based on private ownership, private decisions, and open competition in a free market.

Question 2

capitulate

Answer 2

To surrender or stop resisting; give up.

Question 3

decapitate

Answer 3

(1) To cut off the head; behead. (2) To destroy or make useless.

Question 4

recapitulate

Answer 4

To repeat or summarize the most important points or stages.

Question 5

anthropoid

Answer 5

Any of several large, tailless apes.

Question 6

anthropology

Answer 6

The science and study of human beings.

Question 7

misanthropic

Answer 7

Hating or distrusting humans.

Question 8

lycanthropy

Answer 8

(1) A delusion that one has become a wolf. (2) Transformation into a wolf through witchcraft or magic.

Question 9

kinesiology

Answer 9

The scientific study of human movement.

Question 10

hyperkinetic

Answer 10

(1) Relating to or affected with hyperactivity. (2) Characterized by fast-paced or frantic activity.

Question 11

kinescope

Answer 11

A motion picture made from an image on a picture tube.

Question 12

telekinesis

Answer 12

The movement of objects without contact or other physical means, as by the exercise of an occult power.

Question 13

dynamic

Answer 13

(1) Relating to physical force or energy. (2) Continuously and productively active and changing; energetic or forceful.

Question 14

dynamo

Answer 14

(1) A power generator, especially one that produces direct electric current. (2) A forceful, energetic person.

Question 15

aerodynamics

Answer 15

(1) A science that studies the movement of gases such as air and the way that objects move through such gases. (2) The qualities of an object that affect how easily it is able to move through the air.

Question 16

hydrodynamic

Answer 16

Having to do with the science that studies fluids in motion and the forces that act on bodies surrounded by fluids.

Question 17

gradation

Answer 17

(1) A series made up of successive stages. (2) A step in an ordered scale.

Question 18

degrade

Answer 18

(1) To treat someone or something poorly and without respect. (2) To make the quality of something worse.

Question 19

gradient

Answer 19

(1) Slope, grade. (2) A continuous change in measure, activity, or substance.

Question 20

retrograde

Answer 20

(1) Moving or performed in a direction that is backward or opposite to the usual direction. (2) Moving toward a worse or earlier state.

Question 21

regimen

Answer 21

A regular course of treatment, usually involving food, exercise, or medicine.

Question 22

interregnum

Answer 22

(1) The time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes. (2) A period during which the normal functions of government or control are suspended.

Question 23

regalia

Answer 23

(1) The emblems and symbols of royalty. (2) Special or official dress.

Question 24

regency

Answer 24

A government or period of time in which a regent rules in place of a king or queen.

Question 25

criterion

Answer 25

A standard by which a judgment or decision is made.

Question 26

critique

Answer 26

A judgment or evaluation, especially a rating or discussion of merits and faults.

Question 27

hypercritical

Answer 27

Overly critical.

Question 28

hematocrit

Answer 28

The ratio of the volume of red blood cells to whole blood.

Question 29

jurisprudence

Answer 29

(1) A system of law. (2) The study and philosophy of law.

Question 30

abjure

Answer 30

To reject formally.

Question 31

perjury

Answer 31

The crime of telling a lie under oath.

Question 32

de jure

Answer 32

Based on or according to the law.