vocab 3

Question 1

ancillary

Answer 1

subordinate or supplementary (accessory)

Question 2

bowdlerize

Answer 2

to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, ect.)

Question 3

condescend

Answer 3

To come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner

Question 4

Cozen

Answer 4

To trick; to cheat or swindle 

Question 5

Enclave

Answer 5

In enclosed district, religion, or area inhabited by a particular group of people, or having a special character

Question 6

Forte

Answer 6

A person strong point; what a person does best 

Question 7

Gratis

Answer 7

Three; without charge 

Question 8

Interstice

Answer 8

A small, narrow space between things or parts of things 

Question 9

Macrocosm 

Answer 9

Do universe, considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something

Question 10

Mountebank

Answer 10

A trickster or a swindler; a charlatan

Question 11

Paean

Answer 11

Hey song of praise, joy, or triumph

Question 12

Persiflage

Answer 12

Lighten heart of joking, talk, or writing

Question 13

Plethora

Answer 13

Over fullness; super Bendence; superfluity

Question 14

Pragmatic

Answer 14

Concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results, rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one’s opinions

Question 15

Rapacity

Answer 15

Inordinate grade; the disposition to obtain wants desires by force, extortion, or pulnder
(greed)

Question 16

Schism

Answer 16

A formal split within a religious organization; any division, or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions 

Question 17

Virtuoso

Answer 17

 A brilliant performer; a person with masterly, skill or technique; masterly or brilliant