Vocabulary #2

Question 1

Demagogue

Answer 1

a person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.

Question 2

Populous

Answer 2

full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.

Question 3

Populace

Answer 3

the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
all the inhabitants of a place; population.

Question 4

Populist

Answer 4

a person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.

Question 5

Pueblo

Answer 5

a group of houses made out of mud

Question 6

Urbanist

Answer 6

a person who is a specialist in urban planning.

Question 7

Urbanite

Answer 7

a resident of a city or urban community.

Question 8

Urbanize

Answer 8

to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.

Question 9

Suburban

Answer 9

pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town. (outskirts)

Question 10

Urbane

Answer 10

having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:

Question 11

Interurban

Answer 11

of, located in, or operating between two or more cities or towns.

Question 12

Annapolis

Answer 12

a seaport in and the capital of Maryland, in the central part, on Chesapeake Bay: U.S. Naval Academy.

Question 13

Petropolis

Answer 13

a city in SE Brazil, NE of Rio de Janeiro.

Question 14

Metropolitan

Answer 14

characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.

Question 15

Paternal

Answer 15

characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly:

Question 16

Paternity

Answer 16

the state of being a father; fatherhood.

Question 17

Paterfamilias

Answer 17

the male head of a household or family, usually the father.

Question 18

Paternoster

Answer 18

the Lord’s Prayer, especially in the Latin form.
a recitation of this prayer as an act of worship.

Question 19

Patron

Answer 19

a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
a person who supports with money, gifts, efforts, or endorsement an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, special event, or the like:

Question 20

Patronage

Answer 20

the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.

Question 21

Paternalsitic

Answer 21

based in a system positing that authority knows best; outwardly benevolent, but often in a condescending or controlling way:

Question 22

Patrimony

Answer 22

an estate inherited from one’s father or ancestors

Question 23

Maternal

Answer 23

of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother:
maternal instincts.

related through a mother:

Question 24

Maternity

Answer 24

the state of being a mother; motherhood.

Question 25

Matron

Answer 25

a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
a woman who has charge of the domestic affairs of a hospital, prison, or other institution.
a woman serving as a guard, warden, or attendant for women or girls, as in a prison.

Question 26

Matrimony

Answer 26

the state of being married; marriage:

Question 27

Materfamilias

Answer 27

the mother of a family.

Question 28

Matriarch

Answer 28

the female head of a family or tribal line.
a woman who is the founder or dominant member of a community or group.
a venerable old woman.

Question 29

Matrix

Answer 29

something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.

Question 30

Fraternal

Answer 30

of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
of or being a society of men associated in brotherly union, as for mutual aid or benefit:

Question 31

Fraters

Answer 31

the dining room or refectory of a monastery.

Question 32

Fraternalisum

Answer 32

Of or relating to brothers: a close fraternal tie. b. Showing comradeship; brotherly. 2.

Question 33

Corps

Answer 33

a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone: corps of cadets.
the U.S. Marine Corps; corps of cadets.

Also called army corps. a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
a group of persons associated or acting together:

Question 34

Corporal

Answer 34

of the human body; bodily; physical
a low-ranking noncommissioned officer in the armed forces
punsihment to the body

Question 35

Capital

Answer 35

City

Question 36

Capitol

Answer 36

Building

Question 37

Capitalisum

Answer 37

, it is a system for dealing with money and wealth. In a capitalist country, citizens, not governments, own and run companies. These companies compete with other companies for business. They decide which goods and services to provide.

Question 38

Recapitulating

Answer 38

going back over the mian points

Question 39

Capitulate

Answer 39

to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms:

Question 40

Corpuscle

Answer 40

Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
Anatomy. a small mass or body forming a more or less distinct part, as the sensory receptors at nerve terminals.
Physical Chemistry. a minute or elementary particle of matter, as an electron, proton, or atom.
any minute particle.

Question 41

Corpus

Answer 41

a large or complete collection of writings:
the entire corpus of Old English poetry.
the body of a person or animal, especially when dead.
Anatomy. a body, mass, or part having a special character or function.
Linguistics. a body of utterances, as words or sentences, assumed to be representative of and used for lexical, grammatical, or other linguistic analysis.
a principal or capital sum, as opposed to interest or income.

Question 42

Manuscirpt

Answer 42

the original text of an author’s work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
any text not printed.
a book or document written before the invention of printing.

Question 43

Manifest

Answer 43

to make clear or evident; show plainly:
He manifested his approval with a hearty laugh.
Synonyms: express, declare, demonstrate, evidence, evince, disclose, reveal
Antonyms: conceal
to prove; put beyond doubt or question
to record in the manifest of a ship, airplane, train, etc.

Question 44

Mannicotti

Answer 44

A type of pasta

Question 45

Maunition

Answer 45

Usually munitions. materials used in war, especially weapons and ammunition.
material or equipment for carrying on any undertaking.

Question 46

Pedal

Answer 46

Byicale pedal

Question 47

Peddle

Answer 47

To sell in the street

Question 48

Pedometer

Answer 48

an instrument worn by a walker or runner for recording the number of steps taken, thereby showing approximately the distance traveled.

Question 49

Pedestal

Answer 49

an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.

Question 50

Digitalis

Answer 50

A type of purple flowers

Question 51

Digitalia

Answer 51

That which is digital, binary, or electronic.

Question 52

Prestidigitation

Answer 52

magic tricks performed as entertainment.

Question 53

Dentifrice

Answer 53

a paste, powder, liquid, or other preparation for cleaning the teeth.

Question 54

Dentaform

Answer 54

having the form of a tooth; tooth-shaped.

Question 55

Dentition

Answer 55

the makeup of a set of teeth including their kind, number, and arrangement.
the eruption or cutting of the teeth; teething; odontiasis.