Vocabulary VIIII

Question 1

Profane

Answer 1

Characterized by irreverence to God.
Irreligious.
Unholy.

Question 2

Heathen

Answer 2

An irreligious or uncultured person.

Question 3

Gaul

Answer 3

An ancient region of Western Europe.

Contained regions of:

• Italy
• France
• Belgium

Question 4

Heresy

Answer 4

Any belief that is at variance with church doctrine.

Question 5

At variance

Answer 5

In a state of disagreement with.

Example: “he was at variance with his superiors”.

Question 6

Sedition

Answer 6

Incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.

Question 7

Buck

Answer 7

To resist or oppose.

Question 8

Surcharge

Answer 8

An additional charge, tax, or cost.

Question 9

Egalitarian

Answer 9

Belief in the equality of all people.

• Especially in political, economic, or social life.

Question 10

Catch all

Answer 10

Something that covers a wide variety of items or situations.

Question 11

Carbonized

Answer 11

Organic matter charred until it becomes carbon.

Question 12

Mineral

Answer 12

• A substance that is neither animal nor vegetable.
• Inorganic.
• Frequently refers to substances taken from a mine (ore, coal)

Question 13

Peat

Answer 13

A layer of spongy earth created by decaying vegetable matter.

Used to create fuel

Question 14

Cagey

Answer 14

Cautious.

Wary.

Question 15

Facilitate

Answer 15

To assist the progress of.

To make easier or less difficult.

Question 16

Mollify

Answer 16

Pacify.

Appease.

Question 17

Offset

Answer 17

Something that counterbalances or compensates for something else.

Compensating equivalent.

Question 18

Millennial

Answer 18

(aka “Generation Y”)

A person born in the 1980s or 1990s.

Question 19

Provisional

Answer 19

Temporary

Question 20

Annex

Answer 20

To incorporate into the domain of a country.

• to appropriate

Question 21

Insular

Answer 21

(In-sel-ur)

Isolated

Question 22

Roanoke island

Answer 22

(Roh-uh-noak)
Island off the coast of North Carolina.

Site where the first English colony landed in 1585 (it was then Virginia).

The colony had vanished by 1590.

Question 23

Constituent

Answer 23

Component.

Serving to make up or compose a thing.

Question 24

Constituency

Answer 24

Body of supporters or voters.

Question 25

Correlation

Answer 25

Mutual relation of two things.

Question 26

Forbearance

Answer 26

To be patient or self-controlled when subjected to provocation or annoyance.

Question 27

Sacrosanct

Answer 27

Extremely sacred.

Question 28

Staid

Answer 28

Settled.

Sedate.