Week 2

Question 1

Titular

Answer 1

having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities

Ex: the titular head of a political party

Question 2

Lingua Franca

Answer 2

: any of various languages used as common or commercial tongues among peoples of diverse speech

Ex: English is used as a lingua franca among many airline pilots.

Question 3

To forgo

Answer 3

1 : to give up the enjoyment or advantage of : do without

Ex: never forwent an opportunity of honest profit

Question 4

To see eye to eye

Answer 4

to have a common viewpoint : AGREE

Question 5

To impound

Answer 5

b : to seize and hold in the custody of the law

Question 6

Forbearance

Answer 6

1 : a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
The policy provides a means of forbearance for borrowers meeting certain criteria.

Question 7

Ruffian

Answer 7

a brutal person : BULLY

Question 8

To prevaricate

Answer 8

intransitive ​verb

: to deviate from the truth : EQUIVOCATE

Question 9

To prostrate

Answer 9

to reduce to submission, helplessness, or exhaustion

Ex: was prostrated with grief

Question 10

Caesura

Answer 10

: BREAK, INTERRUPTION

Ex: a caesura between the movie and its sequel