Vocab 9

Question 0

posterity

Answer 0

all future generations of people collectively, esp. regarded as the beneficiaries of a particular inheritance, tradition, culture, etc. for (also in) posterity: for (the sake or good of) future generations; for the future

Question 1

preamble

Answer 1

a preliminary or preparatory statement in speech or writing; an introductory paragraph, section, or clause; a preface, a prologue. to make a preamble or introductory statement

Question 2

disfranchise

Answer 2

to deprive a person of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote; to deprive of a franchise, privilege, or right

Question 3

odious

Answer 3

deserving of hatred; exciting hatred or repugnance; hateful; disagreeable; offensive; repulsive

Question 4

oligarchy

Answer 4

a form of government or organization in which all power is vested in a few persons or is confined to a small group; the controlling faction in such an organization

Question 5

discord

Answer 5

absence of concord or harmony (between persons); disagreement of opinions and aims; variance; dissension; strife

Question 6

imminent

Answer 6

likely to occur at any moment; impending. projecting or leaning forward; overhanging

Question 7

lexicographer

Answer 7

a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary

Question 8

usurp

Answer 8

to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc) by force or without legal right. to use without authority or right; employ wrongfully

Question 9

formidable

Answer 9

causing fear; apprehension, or dread. of discouraging or awesome size, strength, difficulty, etc; intimidating;

Question 10

inure

Answer 10

to bring (a person, etc.) by use of habit or continual exercise to a certain condition or state of mine, to the endurance of a certain condition, to the following of a certain kind of life; to accustom, habituate

Question 11

futile

Answer 11

incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful. trifling, frivolous; unimportant

Question 12

engender

Answer 12

to produce, cause, or give rise to. to beget; procreate

Question 13

insular

Answer 13

isolated, provincial

Question 14

vacillate

Answer 14

to waver, show indecision

Question 15

acquiesce

Answer 15

to agree without protest, accept without argument or resistance

Question 16

jurisdiction

Answer 16

power; authority; the area/region/time in which someone has power or authority

Question 17

plunder

Answer 17

to rob

Question 18

ravage

Answer 18

to wreak havoc on

Question 19

consanguinity

Answer 19

kinship, closeness, a close relationship or connection