Week #12

Question 1

Define

Diatribe

(dīˊ ə trīb)

Answer 1

Bitter criticism

When a large expenditure is imminent, my father goes
into a long diatri

Question 2

Define

Inhibition

(inˊ ə bishˊən or inˊ hi bishˊən)

Answer 2

Restraint

After two drinks the usually phlegmatic dentist lost all

Question 3

Define

Fortuitous

(fôr tüˊə təs)

Answer 3

Accidental

The meeting was a fortuitous one, but the jealous
husband construed it

Question 4

Define

Incoherent

(inˊkō hērˊənt)

Answer 4

Disjointed

Since the patiet’s speech was garbled and incoherent,
we could only con

Question 5

Define

Ilk

(ilk)

Answer 5

Kind, Sort

It is often fruitless to argue with racists, bigots, and
clothes of th

Question 6

Define

To Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve

Answer 6

To make your feelings evident

People who wear their hearts on their sleeves
frequently suffer emotion

Question 7

Define

Prestigious

(pres stijˊəs)

Answer 7

Illustrious

A salient feature of the prestigious company’s success
was its fair tre

Question 8

Define

Placard

(plakˊärd)

Answer 8

Poster

The police posted a placard asking all citizens to desist
from looting.

Question 9

Define

Integral

(inˊtə grəl)

Answer 9

Essential

He seemed to be an unimportant member of the
President’s entourage but

Question 10

Define

Remuneration

(ri mūˊnər ā shən)

Answer 10

Reward, pay

Although the comedian’s employment was seasonal
and sporadic, the remun

Question 11

Define

Nominal

(nomˊə nəl)

Answer 11

Slight

For allowing his ferocious mastiff to appear on a
commercial, the train

Question 12

Define

To Wash Dirty Linen in Public

Answer 12

To openly discuss private affairs

”Let’s talk about it privately,” his uncle said, “rather
than wash our

Question 13

Define

Expunge

(eks punjˊ)

Answer 13

Erase

After having made the rash statements, the senator
wished that he coul

Question 14

Define

Flamboyant

(flam boiˊənt )

Answer 14

Showy, colorful

Our theatrical pages were inundated with press
releases from the flambo

Question 15

Define

Anathema

(ə nathˊə mə)

Answer 15

Something greatly detested

The traitor’s name was anathema in his father’s
domicile.

Question 16

Define

Schism

(sizˊəm)

Answer 16

Split

A pernicious schism developed between the two
sisters.

Question 17

Define

Utopia

(ū tōˊpi ə)

Answer 17

Perfection

In Lost Horizon a character recoiled at the idea of living
in a utopia.

Question 18

Define

To Save Face

Answer 18

To avoid disgrace

Instead of firing the corrupt executive, the allowed him
to retire in o

Question 19

Define

Timorous

(timˊ ər əs)

Answer 19

Fearful

Under duress the normally timorous husband was coerced into
demanding a

Question 20

Define

Truncated

(trungˊkāt id)

Answer 20

Cut short

It is frustrating to have one’s lengthy remarks printed in
truncated fo

Question 21

Define

Jaunty

(jônˊti)

Answer 21

Sprightly, gay

With his cap set at a jaunty angle, the amicable sailor strutted
down t

Question 22

Define

Fractious

(frakˊshəs)

Answer 22

Quarrelsome

Roger’s fractious behavior compounded the bad relationship he
had alrea

Question 23

Define

Ostentatious

(osˊten tāˊshəs)

Answer 23

Showy

In an ostentatious display of histrionics the actress broke many
dishes

Question 24

Define

Indian Summer

Answer 24

Warm autumn weather

Parts of the country were deep in snow, but the East ws
enjoying an Ind