vocabulary

Question 1

Abstract

Answer 1

adjective
thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances:
an abstract idea.

Question 2

ameliorated

Answer 2

adjective
made better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improved:
As a nurse, her passion is to bring hope and an ameliorated quality of life to people in the midst of devastating medical challenges.

Question 3

chauvinistic

Answer 3

adjective
aggressively and blindly devoted to a certain system of beliefs, especially patriotism or nationalism:
The study of historical colonialism reveals a chauvinistic attitude toward other cultures and an implicit assumption that the West was the standard of civilized life for the rest of the world.

Question 4

contemporary

Answer 4

adjective
existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time:
Newton’s discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.

Question 5

iconoclastic

Answer 5

adjective
attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions, etc., as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity:
an iconoclastic architect whose buildings are like monumental sculptures.

Question 6

immutable

Answer 6

adjective
not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.

Question 7

naive

Answer 7

adjective
of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
“the rather naive young man had been totally misled”
(of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent.
“Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled”