Vocab 4

Question 1

Autonomy

Answer 1

immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority; political independence

ex: u.s. splitting from british

Question 2

Circumspect

Answer 2

heedful of potentail consequences

Question 3

composure

Answer 3

steadiness of mind under stress

Question 4

edifice

Answer 4

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

ex: house

Question 5

ensconce

Answer 5

fix firmly

Question 6

environs

Answer 6

the area in which something exists or lives; (suburbs)

Question 7

hapless

Answer 7

deserving or inciting pity

Question 8

heinous

Answer 8

extremely wicked

Question 9

incognito

Answer 9

without revealing one’s identity

Question 10

interim

Answer 10

the time between one event, process, or period and another

Question 11

indoctrinate

Answer 11

• teach doctrines to
• teach uncritically

Question 12

mausoleum

Answer 12

large burial chamber above ground

Question 13

pillage

Answer 13

steal goods; take as spoils

Question 14

reverie

Answer 14

abstracted state of absorption; dreaming while awake

Question 15

thrall

Answer 15

the state of being under the control of another person; someone held in bondage