Week 2: Jan 16-22

Question 1

Travail (v)

Answer 1

engage in painful or laborious effort

Question 2

Poignant (adj)

Answer 2

painfully affecting the feelings; deeply affecting

Question 3

Injunction (n)

Answer 3

an authoritative warning or order

Question 4

Indemnify (v)

Answer 4

compensate (someone) for harm or loss

Question 5

Espouse (v)

Answer 5

to make one’s own; adopt or embrace

Question 6

Doughty (adj)

Answer 6

steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant

Question 7

Scaremonger (n)

Answer 7

a person who creates or spreads alarming news

Question 8

Imperious (adj)

Answer 8

domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial

Question 9

Acquit (v)

Answer 9

declare not guilty

Question 10

Insurrection (n)

Answer 10

a violent uprising against an authority or government

Question 11

Magnate (n)

Answer 11

a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise

Question 12

Repudiate (v)

Answer 12

refuse to accept or be associated with

Question 13

Autocrat (n)

Answer 13

an absolute ruler, especially a monarch who exercises powers as an inherent right

Question 14

Geopolitics (n)

Answer 14

study or application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state

Question 15

Febrile (adj)

Answer 15

pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish