Vocabulary

Question 1

palimpsest

Answer 1

a medium from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text

Question 2

saccharine

Answer 2

of the nature of sugar

Question 3

orthodoxy

Answer 3

conforming to the approved form of doctrine, ideology, etc.

Question 4

heretics

Answer 4

anyone who does not conform to an established form of doctrine, ideology, etc.

Question 5

zeal

Answer 5

fervor for a person, cause, or object

Question 6

eroticism

Answer 6

the sexual or erotic quality of something

Question 7

lackeys

Answer 7

a servile follower

Question 8

bourgeoisie

Answer 8

coined by Carl Marx, refers to the high or “bourgeois” class of people

Question 9

lassitude

Answer 9

weariness of body or mind from strain; a condition of indolent indifference

Question 10

inertia

Answer 10

the tendency of a form or object to maintain its velocity so long as not acted upon

Question 11

niggling

Answer 11

demanding too much care; petty, trivial

Question 12

furtive

Answer 12

sly

Question 13

sexual prutanism

Answer 13

the belief that sex for any purpose other than explicit reproductive purpose is shameful and should not be done

Question 14

sanctuary

Answer 14

a sacred, protected, or holy place

Question 15

ideological

Answer 15

speculative, visionary

Question 16

scarcity

Answer 16

insufficiency or shortness of supply

Question 17

empirical

Answer 17

derived from or guided by experience

Question 18

tenets

Answer 18

any opinion, doctrine, etc., especially one held true by members of a group or movement

Question 19

execrate

Answer 19

to detest utterly; abhor

Question 20

oligarchy

Answer 20

a form of government in which all power is within the grasp of few dominant people

Question 21

ossified

Answer 21

hardened like or into bone

Question 22

lethargy

Answer 22

the state of being drowsy and dull

Question 23

incredulous

Answer 23

indicating or showing a lack of belief; demonstrating a lack of trustworthiness