Vocab Lesson 1

Question 1

A person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assists, a follower

Answer 1

acolyte

Question 2

given to the consumption of alcoholic drinks; highly absorbent

Answer 2

bibulous

Question 3

To grow together; to unite to form a whole

Answer 3

Coalesce

Question 4

Not openly acknowledged; secret

Answer 4

Covert

Question 5

to recite something in the style of a public speech; to speak in a loud, theatrical way

Answer 5

Declaim

Question 6

to describe vividly and in detail; to draw an outline of; to represent by drawing

Answer 6

delineate

Question 7

A leader who seeks power by appealing to people’s emotions and prejudices and by making false claims and promises

Answer 7

Demoagogue

Question 8

an expression of warm and enthusiastic praise; a tribute

Answer 8

Encomium

Question 9

resistant to persuasion; inflexible; persistent in wrongdoing

Answer 9

Obdurate

Question 10

foresight; knowledge beforehand of events

Answer 10

Prescience

Question 11

the chief character in a drama or story

Answer 11

Protagonist

Question 12

Complete with careful perseverance; diligent

Answer 12

Sedulous

Question 13

expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly perceptive

Answer 13

Trenchant

Question 14

a place or state of perfect social and political conditions

Answer 14

Utopia

Question 15

A farewell address, especially one given at a graduation ceremony.

Answer 15

Valedictory