Vocabulary

Question 1

amity

Answer 1

A friendly relationship

Question 2

anthropologie

Answer 2

The science of human beings

Question 3

BIPOC

Answer 3

Black, Indigenous, and other POC

Question 4

heteronormativity

Answer 4

The idea that heterosexuality is the default, preferred, or normal state of being.

Question 5

nihilism

Answer 5

The rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless

Question 6

How do you spell the sea and the biogeographical region surrounding it that includes Greece, Cyprus, Morocco, Croatia, Syria, Lebanon, etc.?

Answer 6

Mediterranean

Question 7

nascent

Answer 7

Just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

Question 8

visceral

Answer 8

Relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.

Question 9

Visceral fat definition

Answer 9

Fat around the abdominal organs deep inside the body

Question 10

misanthropy

Answer 10

Dislike of humankind

Question 11

siloing

Answer 11

isolating from others

Question 12

silo mentality

Answer 12

When different teams or team members purposely don’t share info with the others. (A silo keeps grains separate from other things, usually even air.)

Question 13

prosody

Answer 13

The patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry or language

Question 14

prosody (in music)

Answer 14

How a melody works with the song lyrics (patterns/rhythm/sound)

Question 15

What is a bodega? (2 definitions)

Answer 15

• 1. (in the US) a small grocery store, especially in a Spanish-speaking neighborhood.
     - 2. (in a Spanish-speaking country) a wine shop or wine cellar.

Question 16

mitigate

Answer 16

Make less severe, serious, or painful

Question 17

obsequious

Answer 17

Excessively obedient or attentive

Question 18

ubiquitous

Answer 18

Existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered

Question 19

ad hominem

Answer 19

An attach or argument directed at a person rather than the position they are maintaining

Question 20

pedantic

Answer 20

Overbearing, excessively detailed and academic

Question 21

prehensile tail

Answer 21

A tail that can grasp or hold objects

Question 22

What are the characteristics ofstagflation?

Answer 22

Stagnant economic growth, high inflation, and high unemployment

Question 23

Is stagflation worse than recession?

Answer 23

Yes, because the prolonged period of slow economic growth is coupled with high inflation.