Week 2

Question 1

ante

Answer 1

in poker, the amount each player must contribute before receiving cards; informally, the amount of money paid in advance of entering into a joint business venture

Question 2

antebellum

Answer 2

literally, before the war (especially the Civil War in the US)

Question 3

antecedent

Answer 3

any object, place or thing that goes before something else

Question 4

antecedent

Answer 4

any object, place or thing that goes before something elseanted

Question 5

antecedent

Answer 5

any object, place or thing that goes before something elseanted

Question 6

antecedent

Answer 6

any object, place or thing that goes before something else

Question 7

antediluvian

Answer 7

of or belonging to the time before the flood, old-fashioned and outdated OR a person who lived before the flood, or a person who is outdate or old-fashioned

Question 8

ante meridiem

Answer 8

before noon –a.m.

Question 9

anterior

Answer 9

located in front of a rear counterpart; going in time before, situated before

Question 10

anteroom

Answer 10

literally, a room before the room; a waiting room or other space leading into another

Question 11

anticipate

Answer 11

to realize ahead of time; to answer or obey or anticipate a request, question, or command before it is made

Question 12

anticipate

Answer 12

to realize ahead of time; to answer or obey or anticipate a request, question, or command before it is made

Question 13

antiquarian

Answer 13

a person who studies or collects things belonging to an earlier time

Question 14

antiquity

Answer 14

the classical era; ancient times

Question 15

anthropogenesis

Answer 15

the study of the origin and development of humans

Question 16

anthropoid

Answer 16

resembling humans OR type of ape

Question 17

anthropologist

Answer 17

one who studies the physical, social, and cultural development of humans

Question 18

anthropology

Answer 18

the discipline or study of the physical, social, and cultural development of humans

Question 19

anthropomorphic

Answer 19

resembling or made to resemble a human; ascribing human traits to non-human objects to animals

Question 20

misanthrope

Answer 20

one who is a hater of humans; people hater

Question 21

philanthropic

Answer 21

relating to being charitable; benevolent

Question 22

philanthropy

Answer 22

an act, form, or instance of charity or benevolence

Question 23

antagonist

Answer 23

a person one struggles against in a conflict, contest, or race

Question 24

antibiotic

Answer 24

a large group of chemical substances made from microorganisms or fungi that destroy bacteria or other harmful (living) microorganisms

Question 25

antidote

Answer 25

a remedy or medicine used to counteract a poison

Question 26

antiseptic

Answer 26

pertaining to solutions that kill bacteria and microorganisms OR the agent that kills bacteria and harmful microorganisms

Question 27

anticlimax

Answer 27

an event, statement, or conclusion that is much less important than what preceded it or was expected

Question 28

antithesis

Answer 28

the direct contrast of one thing to another; the opposite

Question 29

antacid

Answer 29

an agent that neutralizes stomach acid

Question 30

antagonize

Answer 30

to irritate or make unfriendly or hostile

Question 31

antipathy

Answer 31

aversion or dislike; opposition in feeling

Question 32

antonym

Answer 32

a word that is the opposite of another

Question 33

autobiographical

Answer 33

referring to the biography of a person narrated/written by himself or herself

Question 34

autocracy

Answer 34

government in which one person (the autocrat) possesses unlimited power

Question 35

autocrat

Answer 35

a person who either has unchallenged influence or power; one such as a monarch who rules with unlimited authority

Question 36

autocratic

Answer 36

related to, or being an autocracy; absolute

Question 37

automation

Answer 37

automatically controlled operation of an apparatus, process, or system by mechanical or electronic devices that take the place of human labor

Question 38

automaton

Answer 38

a self-operating mechanism, a robot; mechanism designed to follow preset operations

Question 39

autonomic

Answer 39

acting or occurring involuntarily

Question 40

autonomous

Answer 40

relating to, or marked by autonomy; existing, responding, acting independently

Question 41

autonomy

Answer 41

the right of self-government; self-directing freedom and moral independence

Question 42

autopsy

Answer 42

an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or to determine the extent of changes produced by disease