Vocab #3

Question 1

ante bellum (a)

Answer 1

existing before a war

Question 2

synchronicity

Answer 2

simultaneous occurrence of events that seem related but have no connection

Question 3

abrogate

Answer 3

to repeal a law or formal agreement

Question 4

ethos

Answer 4

characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or communnity

Question 5

thaumaturgist

Answer 5

performer of miracles, magician

Question 6

peripatetic

Answer 6

traveling from place to place

Question 7

amnebale

Answer 7

open to persuasion, easily controlled

Question 8

gigolo

Answer 8

a young man financially supported by an older woman to be her lover

Question 9

expectorate

Answer 9

to cough or spit out from your throat

Question 10

laconic

Answer 10

using few words in writing

Question 11

corybantic

Answer 11

wild and frenzied

Question 12

cadre

Answer 12

a small group specifically trained for a purpose

Question 13

gauche

Answer 13

unsophisticated and socially awkward

Question 14

etude

Answer 14

short musical composition designed to improve technique for an instrument

Question 15

coupe de grace

Answer 15

a final blow to kill a wounded thing

Question 16

denouement

Answer 16

climax of a chain of events

Question 17

en masse

Answer 17

in a group, all together

Question 18

canaille

Answer 18

common people

Question 19

ovine

Answer 19

relating to sleep

Question 20

factotum

Answer 20

an employee that does all kind of work

Question 21

de facto

Answer 21

in fact, whether by right or not

Question 22

idée fixe

Answer 22

extreme obsession

Question 23

paean

Answer 23

song of praise or triumph

Question 24

picayune

Answer 24

petty, worthless

Question 25

abattoir

Answer 25

a slaughterhouse

Question 26

hortative

Answer 26

giving exhortation

Question 27

obsequious

Answer 27

excessively obedient

Question 28

temerity

Answer 28

excessive confidence

Question 29

cohort

Answer 29

group of people banded together

Question 30

imprecations

Answer 30

a spoken curse