Week #17

Question 1

Define

Perpetrate

(pėrˊpə trāt)

Answer 1

Commit

In order to perpetuate the swindle, the jaunty
confidence man adopted a

Question 2

Define

Consummate

(kə sumˊit)

Answer 2

Commit to the highest degree

Clarence Darrow, the famous and controversial lawyer,
gave consummate a

Question 3

Define

Subterfuge

(subˊtə fūj)

Answer 3

Ruse, trick

The experience teacher realized that Ricky’s stomach
ache was merely a

Question 4

Define

Concoct

(kon koktˊ)

Answer 4

Devise

It was necessary for the interloper to concoct a
convincing story in or

Question 5

Define

Fallacious

(fə lāˊshəs)

Answer 5

Misleading

Because the inspector had given only cursory attention
to the reports,

Question 6

Define

To Draw in One’s Horns

Answer 6

To check your anger, to restrain yourself

The performer drew in his horns when he saw that his
critic was an eigh

Question 7

Define

Manifold

(manˊə fōld)

Answer 7

Complex, many

Burdened by his manifold responsibilities, the young
executive was prec

Question 8

Define

Assiduous

(ə sijˊü əs)

Answer 8

Devoted, attentive

Florence Nightingale was a paragon of mercy in her
assiduous care for t

Question 9

Define

Impeccable

(im pekˊə bəl)

Answer 9

Faultless

Although basicaly frugal, his taste in clothing is
impeccable.

Question 10

Define

Fraught

(frôt)

Answer 10

Filled

Fear permeated the crippled airplane as the
passengers realized that th

Question 11

Define

Resourceful

(re sôrsˊfəl)

Answer 11

Able to meet any situation

The store owner was resourceful enough to run a sale
the day after his

Question 12

Define

To Put the Cart Before the Horse

Answer 12

To reverse the proper order, do things
backwards

My assistant was so eager to get the job done that he
often put the car

Question 13

Define

Murky

(mérˊki)

Answer 13

Dark, obscure

The murky quality of the artist’s lates paintin is the
antithesis of he

Question 14

Define

Component

(kəm pōˊnənt)

Answer 14

Element

A good motion picture producer should be skilled in all
the manifold co

Question 15

Define

Hoax

(hōks)

Answer 15

Deception

The practical joker had the temerity to perpetrate a
hoax upon the Dean

Question 16

Define

Labyrinth

(labˊə rinth)

Answer 16

Arrangement of winding passages

After wandering through the labyrinth, the young hero
came face to face

Question 17

Define

Evaluate

(i valˊū āt)

Answer 17

Appraise, find the value of

When I aske the English teacher to evaluate my plan
for the term paper,

Question 18

Define

To Turn the Tables

Answer 18

To turn a situation to your own advantage

The wrestler thought that he could pi me to the mat,
but I quickly tur

Question 19

Define

Exult

(eg zultˊ)

Answer 19

Rejoice greatly

When the College Board scores were promulgated, my sister
had good caus

Question 20

Define

Attest

(ə testˊ)

Answer 20

To certify

An expert was summoned to attest to the authenticity of the
Rembrandts

Question 21

Define

Gullible

(gulˊə bəl)

Answer 21

Easily cheated or fooled

Explaining that the bookkeeper was merely a gullible dupe, the
judge fr

Question 22

Define

Deploy

(di ploiˊ)

Answer 22

To position forces according to a plan

As the audience watch Bobby Fischer deploy his chess pieces,
they app

Question 23

Define

Enigma

(i nigˊmə)

Answer 23

Riddle

I could not solve the enigma of why an altruistic person should
exhibit

Question 24

Define

A Chip Off the Old Block

Answer 24

A son who is like his father (from the same block
of wood)

When we saw the alcoholic’s son enter the liquor store we
assumed that