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Question 1

adherent

Answer 1

(1) Someone who follows a leader, a party, or a profession. (2) One who believes in a particular philosophy or religion.

Question 2

cohere

Answer 2

To hold together firmly as parts of the same mass.

Question 3

incoherent

Answer 3

(1) Unclear or difficult to understand. (2) Loosely organized or inconsistent.

Question 4

inherent

Answer 4

Part of something by nature or habit.

Question 5

centrifugal

Answer 5

Moving outward from a center or central focus.

Question 6

refuge

Answer 6

Shelter or protection from danger or distress, or a place that provides shelter or protection.

Question 7

fugue

Answer 7

A musical form in which a theme is echoed and imitated by voices or instruments that enter one after another and interweave as the piece proceeds.

Question 8

subterfuge

Answer 8

(1) A trick designed to help conceal, escape, or evade. (2) A deceptive trick.

Question 9

cosmos

Answer 9

(1) The universe, especially when it is viewed as orderly and systematic. (2) Any orderly system that is complete in itself.

Question 10

cosmology

Answer 10

(1) A theory that describes the nature of the universe. (2) A branch of astronomy that deals with the origin and structure of the universe.

Question 11

microcosm

Answer 11

Something (such as a place or an event) that is seen as a small version of something much larger.

Question 12

cosmopolitan

Answer 12

(1) Having international sophistication and experience. (2) Made up of persons, elements, or influences from many different parts of the world.

Question 13

conscientious

Answer 13

(1) Governed by morality; scrupulous. (2) Resulting from painstaking or exact attention.

Question 14

nescience

Answer 14

Lack of knowledge or awareness: ignorance.

Question 15

prescient

Answer 15

Having or showing advance knowledge of what is going to happen.

Question 16

unconscionable

Answer 16

(1) Not guided by any moral sense; unscrupulous. (2) Shockingly excessive, unreasonable, or unfair.

Question 17

juncture

Answer 17

(1) An important point in a process or activity. (2) A place where things join: junction.

Question 18

adjunct

Answer 18

Something joined or added to another thing of which it is not a part.

Question 19

disjunction

Answer 19

A break, separation, or sharp difference between two things.

Question 20

conjunct

Answer 20

Bound together; joined, united.

Question 21

bipartite

Answer 21

(1) Being in two parts. (2) Shared by two.

Question 22

impartial

Answer 22

Fair and not biased; treating or affecting all equally.

Question 23

participle

Answer 23

A word that is formed from a verb but used like an adjective.

Question 24

partisan

Answer 24

(1) A person who is strongly devoted to a particular cause or group. (2) A guerrilla fighter.

Question 25

mission

Answer 25

(1) A task that someone is given to do, especially a military task. (2) A task that someone considers an important duty.

Question 26

missionary

Answer 26

A person undertaking a mission, and especially a religious missionary.

Question 27

emissary

Answer 27

Someone sent out to represent another; an agent.

Question 28

transmission

Answer 28

(1) The act or process of sending something from one point to another, especially sending electrical signals to a radio, television, computer, etc. (2) The gears by which the power is passed from the engine to the axle in a motor vehicle.

Question 29

compel

Answer 29

(1) To force (someone) to do something. (2) To make (something) happen.

Question 30

expel

Answer 30

(1) To drive or force out. (2) To force to leave, usually by official action.

Question 31

impel

Answer 31

To urge or drive forward by strong moral force.

Question 32

repel

Answer 32

(1) To keep (something) out or away. (2) To drive back.