Week 11

Question 1

Moratorium

Answer 1

: a suspension of activity

Ex: The treaty calls for a nuclear testing moratorium.

the director of the blood bank called for a moratorium in donations until the surplus could be used up

Question 2

Ditto

Answer 2

1 : a thing mentioned previously or above —used to avoid repeating a word —often symbolized by inverted commas or apostrophes

Ex: Tuesday was spent working all day, and Wednesday was spent ditto.

Question 3

Restive

Answer 3

marked by impatience or uneasiness : FIDGETY

Ex: the restive horse threw its head and refused to move when the rider urged it forward

spent a restive night worrying about the next day’s exam

Question 4

Hale

Answer 4

retaining exceptional health and vigor

Ex: hale and hearty old man

Question 5

Ribald

Answer 5

marked by coarseness or lewdness : CRUDE, OFFENSIVE

Ex: ribald language

ribald humor

Question 6

Heretofore

Answer 6

up to this time : HITHERTO

Ex: heretofore unimaginable possibilities
I tell you now what we have heretofore kept secret from you

Question 7

Dais

Answer 7

a raised platform (as in a hall or large room)

Ex: Mounting the dais which had been set up for his use, he swirled the sinister cloak about him and sat down in the Abbot’s chair.

Question 8

Lectern

Answer 8

: a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
especially : one from which scripture lessons are read in a church service

Question 9

Unexpurgated

Answer 9

not having potentially offensive or otherwise objectionable parts removed : not expurgated

Ex: an unexpurgated edition

Question 10

To axe

Answer 10

2 informal : to remove abruptly (as from employment or from a budget)

Ex: The TV program was axed from the new schedule.