Vocab 1

Question 1

woke

Answer 1

alert to injustice in society, especially racism:

Question 2

cancel culture

Answer 2

Cancel culture is a modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether it be online, on social media, or in person.

Question 3

one-off

Answer 3

done, made, or happening only once and not repeated

Question 4

curate

Answer 4

select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition):

Question 5

fraught

Answer 5

(of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable):

Question 6

pernicious

Answer 6

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way: the pernicious influences of the mass media.

Question 7

myopia

Answer 7

lack of imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight:

Question 8

paparazzi

Answer 8

a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to get photographs of them

Question 9

archetype

Answer 9

a very typical example of a certain person or thing:

Question 10

polymath

Answer 10

a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning

Question 11

genre

Answer 11

a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

Question 12

paranoid

Answer 12

unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful

Question 13

kleptocracy

Answer 13

a society or system ruled by people who use their power to steal their country’s resources:

Question 14

insidious

Answer 14

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects:

Question 15

nefarious

Answer 15

(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal

Question 16

inscrutable

Answer 16

impossible to understand or interpret

Question 17

Angst

Answer 17

a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general

Question 18

writ large

Answer 18

clear and obvious

Question 19

cynical

Answer 19

believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity:

Question 20

arcane

Answer 20

understood by few; mysterious or secret

Question 21

cynical

Answer 21

believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity:

Question 22

counterfactual

Answer 22

relating to or expressing what has not happened or is not the case.