Vocab

Question 1

Patriarch

Answer 1

The male head of a family or tribe

Question 2

Conservative/Conservatism

Answer 2

Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values

• traditionalist

Question 3

Allotted

Answer 3

Allocate/assign

Question 4

Provenance

Answer 4

Origin/source

• the place of origin or earliest known history of something

Question 5

Milieu

Answer 5

A person’s social environment

Question 6

Bigot/bigotry

Answer 6

Intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself

Question 7

Affiliate

Answer 7

Associate with

Question 8

Doctrine

Answer 8

A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party or other group

Question 9

Blighted/blight

Answer 9

A thing that spoils or damages something

• a plant disease (infect)

Question 10

Constitutes

Answer 10

Be (a part) of a whole

Give legal or constitutional form to (an institution); establish by law
(Inaugurate)

-this firmly shows

Question 11

Encompass

Answer 11

Surround and have or hold within

Surround

Question 12

Subdue

Answer 12

Overcome, quieten or bring under control (a feeling or person)

Question 13

Sentiment

Answer 13

A view or opinion that is held or expressed.

• an exaggerated and self indulgent feelings of tenderness, sadness or nostalgia

Question 14

Verdict

Answer 14

Judgment / opinion

• a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest

Question 15

Potent

Answer 15

Having great power, influence or effect

Question 16

Tyranny

Answer 16

Cruel and oppressive government or rule

Autocracy/dictatorship

Question 17

Quandary

Answer 17

Predicament/ dilemma

Question 18

Retain

Answer 18

Keep

Question 19

Inaugural

Answer 19

First/initial

Marking the beginning of an institution, activity or period of office

Question 20

Gleaned

Answer 20

Obtain (information) from various sources, often will difficulty

Question 21

Stifle

Answer 21

Suffocate

Suppress

Question 22

Anecdotal

Answer 22

Unreliable - based on personal accounts rather than facts

Question 23

Prosper

Answer 23

Wealth/affluence

Question 24

Propriety

Answer 24

Decorum/ correctness

Conformity to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour or morals

Question 25

Suffrage

Answer 25

The right to vote

Question 26

Temperance

Answer 26

Abstinence from alcoholic drink

Question 27

Pioneer

Answer 27

A person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area

Question 28

Quintessence

Answer 28

The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class