Vocab List 5

Question 1

One who holds that the existence of God is unknown and unknowable; one who asserts that all claims to knowledge are uncertain

Answer 1

agnostic

Question 2

A person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation; a formal ecclesiastical curse or ban

Answer 2

anathema

Question 3

A person or thing greatly detested

Answer 3

anathema

Question 4

A curse or imprecation generally

Answer 4

anathema

Question 5

capable of burning, corroding, or destroying tissue by chemical action

Answer 5

caustic

Question 6

Cutting or sarcastic utterance

Answer 6

caustic

Question 7

A test, rule, or standard by which something is judged

Answer 7

criterion

Question 8

A leader who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace in order to obtain power

Answer 8

demagogue

Question 9

An indefinitely long time

Answer 9

eon

Question 10

A name or title used to describe or characterized a person or thing

Answer 10

epithet

Question 11

A temperament peculiar to an individual; any personal peculiarity or mannerism

Answer 11

idiosyncrasy

Question 12

A supposed remedy for all diseases or ills

Answer 12

Panacea

Question 13

Excess; superabundance

Answer 13

Plethora

Question 14

A fictitious name, as one assumed by an author

Answer 14

pseudonym

Question 15

Occurring in occasional or isolated instances

Answer 15

Sporadic