Vocab Week 7

Question 1

Annex (n)

Answer 1

A building which is in addition to an existing building

Question 2

Censure

Answer 2

Blame

Question 3

Didactic

Answer 3

Intended to teach, instructive

Question 4

Extrinsic

Answer 4

Irrelevant; on the outside

Question 5

Inconsequential

Answer 5

Unimportant; insignificant; negligible

Question 6

Malediction

Answer 6

A curse

Question 7

Panacea

Answer 7

A remedy for ills

Question 8

Prevaricate

Answer 8

A remedy for ills

Question 9

Scuttle

Answer 9

Sink

Question 10

Unfrock

Answer 10

To remove a priest from his position

Question 11

Annex (v)

Answer 11

Take possession of; seize; capture

Question 12

Cerebral

Answer 12

Intellectual

Question 13

Diffident

Answer 13

Lacking confidence

Question 14

Fallacious

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Inconspicuous

Answer 15

Not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable

Question 16

Malefactor

Answer 16

A wrong-doer

Question 17

Paradigm

Answer 17

1. Example; 2. Model; 3. Way of looking at things

Question 18

Seminary

Answer 18

An institution in which priests are trained

Question 19

Unprecedented

Answer 19

Never having happened before

Question 20

Geocentric

Answer 20

Having or relating to the Earth as a center

Question 21

Anthropomorphic

Answer 21

Having human characteristics

Question 22

Genetics

Answer 22

Study of genes

Question 23

Cryptic

Answer 23

Having a meaning that is mysterious

Question 24

Anthropoid

Answer 24

Resembling a human being in form

Question 25

Geriatrics

Answer 25

The branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of old people

Question 26

Pyrotechnics

Answer 26

The art of making or displaying fireworks

Question 27

Aesthetic

Answer 27

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Question 28

Anthropocentric

Answer 28

Regarding humankind as the central or most important element of existence as opposed to God or animals

Question 29

Asteroids

Answer 29

Any of the small planets between Mars and Jupiter

Question 30

Exotic

Answer 30

Originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country

Question 31

Dyspeptic

Answer 31

Of or having indigestion or consequent irritability or depression

Question 32

Archaic

Answer 32

Very old or old-fashioned

Question 33

Chronic

Answer 33

An illness persisting for a long time or constantly recurring

Question 34

Demoniac

Answer 34

Of, like or characteristic of a demon or demons

Question 35

Eupeptic

Answer 35

Having good digestion or a consequent air of healthy good spirits

Question 36

Catholic

Answer 36

A person's taste including a wide variety of things; all embracing

Question 37

Eugenic

Answer 37

The science of improving human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics

Question 38

Anesthetic

Answer 38

A substance that induces insensitivity to pain

Question 39

Cyclic

Answer 39

Occurring in circles; regularly repeated

Question 40

Amnesia

Answer 40

Loss of memory

Question 41

Anamnesis

Answer 41

The remembering of things

Question 42

Anesthesia

Answer 42

Without feeling

Question 43

Paresthesia

Answer 43

An abnormal sensation, tingling or prickling

Question 44

Anti-Christian

Answer 44

Against Christianity

Question 45

Ante-Christian

Answer 45

Before Christianity

Question 46

Antiseptic

Answer 46

Substances that prevent the growth of disease causing micro organisms

Question 47

Aseptic

Answer 47

Without disease causing micro organisms

Question 48

Hypocritical

Answer 48

Less critical

Question 49

Hypercritical

Answer 49

Over critical

Question 50

Immoral

Answer 50

Against morals when you know what they are

Question 51

Amoral

Answer 51

Without morals because you don't know what morals are

Question 52

Supersonic

Answer 52

A speed greater than sound

Question 53

Hypersonic

Answer 53

A speed five times greater than sound

Question 54

Symbolism

Answer 54

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

Question 55

Embolism

Answer 55

Obstruction of an artery

Question 56

Sympathy

Answer 56

Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune

Question 57

Empathy

Answer 57

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another

Question 58

Synonym

Answer 58

A word with the same or near same meaning as another

Question 59

Homonym

Answer 59

A word with the same spelling but different meaning as another

Question 60

Angst

Answer 60

A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or state of the world in general