Vocab Page 3

Question 1

ante bellum

Answer 1

occurring or existing before a particular war

Question 2

synchronicity

Answer 2

the simultaneous occurrence of events that appear significantly related but have no discernible connection.

Question 3

abrogate

Answer 3

to end or cancel in a formal way

Question 4

ethos

Answer 4

the guiding beliefs of a person, group, or organizations

Question 5

thaumaturgist

Answer 5

a worker of miracles

Question 6

peripatetic

Answer 6

traveling from place to place

Question 7

amenable

Answer 7

open and responsive to suggestion

Question 8

gigolo

Answer 8

a young man paid or financially supported by an older woman to be her escort or lover.

Question 9

expectorate

Answer 9

cough or spit out phlegm from the throat or lungs.

Question 10

laconic

Answer 10

using very few words

Question 11

corybantic

Answer 11

wild, frenzied

Question 12

cadre

Answer 12

a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.

Question 13

gauche

Answer 13

lacking ease or grace

Question 14

etude

Answer 14

a short musical composition designed as an exercise to improve the technique of the player.

Question 15

coup de grace

Answer 15

a death blow

Question 16

denouement

Answer 16

the outcome of a complex sequence of events

Question 17

en masse

Answer 17

as a group, altogether

Question 18

canaille

Answer 18

the common people, the masses

Question 19

ovine

Answer 19

of or relating to sheep

Question 20

factotum

Answer 20

an employee who does all kinds of work

Question 21

de facto

Answer 21

in reality, actually

Question 22

idée fixe

Answer 22

an idea or desire that dominates the mind; an obsession

Question 23

paean

Answer 23

a song of praise or triumph.

Question 24

picayune

Answer 24

petty; worthless

Question 25

abbatoir

Answer 25

a slaughterhouse.

Question 26

hortative

Answer 26

encouraging of a course of conduct

Question 27

obsequious

Answer 27

marked by fawning attentiveness

Question 28

temerity

Answer 28

excessive confidence of boldness

Question 29

cohort

Answer 29

a group of people banded together or treated as a group

Question 30

imprecations

Answer 30

spoken curses